Related Rates - Two Trains

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One train travels west toward Denver (the origin) at 2 mi/min (120 mph), while another train travels north away from Denver at 1.5 mi/min (90 mph). At time `t = 0` (here `t` is in minutes) the first train is 20 miles east of Denver and the second train is 10 miles north of Denver.

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  1. Calculate the rate at which the distance between the trains is changing when `t = 0`.
  2. Calculate the rate at which the distance between the trains is changing when `t = 10`.
  3. Look at your answer to the previous question and see how it relates to the situation modeled in the applet. Could you have guessed your answer without doing any calculation?