baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 26 ft/s. (a) At what rate is his distance from second base decreasing when he is halfway to first base? ft/s (b) At what rate is his distance from third base increasing at the same moment? ft/s

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A baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 26 ft/s.

(a) At what rate is his distance from second base decreasing when he is halfway to first base?
ft/s

(b) At what rate is his distance from third base increasing at the same moment?
ft/s

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