A rocket is rising vertically at a speed of 300m / s when it is 800m directly above the launch site. Calculate the rate of change of the distance between the rocket and an observer who is 600m from the launch site and on the same horizontal level as the launch site (see picture)

A rocket is rising vertically at a speed of 300m / s when it is 800m directly above the launch site. Calculate the rate of change of the distance between the rocket and an observer who is 600m from the launch site and on the same horizontal level as the launch site (see picture)

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

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