Two rocket ships depart from earth, moving off in perpendicular directions, one headed for Venus and the other headed for Mars. The one headed for Venus is travelling at 12 miles per second and the one for Mars at 15 miles per second. After one hour, at what rate is the distance between them increasing Show all steps of DREDS

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Two rocket ships depart from earth, moving off in perpendicular directions, one headed for Venus
and the other headed for Mars. The one headed for Venus is travelling at 12 miles per second and
the one for Mars at 15 miles per second. After one hour, at what rate is the distance between them
increasing
Show all steps of DREDS
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