The length of a rectangle is increasing at the rate of 4 cm/sec, while the width is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/sec. When the length equals to 20 and the width equals to 15, find the rates of change of  1) the area of the rectangle 2)lengths of the diagonal of the rectangle

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The length of a rectangle is increasing at the rate of 4 cm/sec, while the width is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/sec. When the length equals to 20 and the width equals to 15, find the rates of change of 

1) the area of the rectangle

2)lengths of the diagonal of the rectangle

 

 

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