A burn on a person's skin is of the form of a circular region. It was found out that the burn increases in diameter at a rate of 1/20 cm/sec. Determine the rate of decrease at the instance when the diameter is measured at 1.5 cm.

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A burn on a person's skin is of the form of a circular region. It was found out that the burn increases in diameter at a rate of 1/20 cm/sec. Determine the rate of decrease at the instance when the diameter is measured at 1.5 cm.

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