Study Guide for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 8th
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ISBN: 9781305279148
Author: Stewart, James, St. Andre, Richard
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3.9, Problem 1PT
A right triangle has one leg with constant length 8 cm. The length of the other leg is decreasing at 3 cm/sec. The rate of change of the hypotenuse when the variable leg is 6 cm is:
- a)
- b) 3 cm/s
- c)
- d)
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Study Guide for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 8th
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