A police car is located 70 feet to the side of a straight road. A red car is driving along the road in the direction of the police car and is 200 feet up the road from the location of the police car. The police radar reads that the distance between the police car and the red car is decreasing at a rate of 75 feet per second. How fast is the red car actually traveling along the road?

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A police car is located 70 feet to the side of a straight road.

A red car is driving along the road in the direction of the police car and is 200 feet up the road from the location of the police car. The police radar reads that the distance between the police car and the red car is decreasing at a rate of 75 feet per second. How fast is the red car actually traveling along the road? 

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