A sloth is 7 feet east of a fire hydrant and begins to walk south at a rate of 1.7 feet per hour. Find the rate of change of distance between the fire hydrant and the sloth when the sloth is 15 feet from the fire hydrant? Approximate answer to the nearest thousandth
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A sloth is 7 feet east of a fire hydrant and begins to walk south at a rate of 1.7 feet per hour. Find the rate of change of distance between the fire hydrant and the sloth when the sloth is 15 feet from the fire hydrant? Approximate answer to the nearest thousandth
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