Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height. Airplane A is flying east at 494 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 528 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 4 miles east of airplane A and 10 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 494 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 528 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 4 miles east of airplane A and 10 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the distance between the airplanes changing?

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