Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height: airplane A is flying east at 450 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 500 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 50 miles east of airplane A and 60 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the distance between the airplanes changing?

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Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height: airplane A is flying east at 450 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 500 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 50 miles east of airplane A and 60 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the distance between the airplanes changing?

 
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