Question

How do you find the rate at which a batter's distance from second base decreases when he is halfway to first base if the baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft and a batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 24 ft/s?

Answer 1

Here is an answer to the same question but with a different runner's speed.

Explanation:

Use this as a model, but the runner's speed is different:

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