In a 80 meter tall building, there are two elevators, 4 meters apart. Elevator A is on the top floor, elevator B is on the ground floor. At the same time, the two elevator starts to move. Elevator A is moving downward at a contant speed of 2ms, elevator B is moving upward at a constant speed of 1ms. How fast is the distance between the elevators changing 5 seconds later? please provide steps to solution

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In a 80 meter tall building, there are two elevators, 4 meters apart. Elevator A is on the top floor, elevator B is on the ground floor. At the same time, the two elevator starts to move. Elevator A is moving downward at a contant speed of 2ms, elevator B is moving upward at a constant speed of 1ms. How fast is the distance between the elevators changing 5 seconds later?

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