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Related Rates – Baseball Diamond Problem | JK Math

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In this video we look at how to solve the following related rates problem: A baseball diamond has the shape of a square with sides 90 feet long. A player running from second base to third base at a speed of 25 feet per second is 20 feet from third base. At what rate is the player’s distance s from home plate changing?

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Video Chapters:
0:00 Step 1: Problem Reading
1:05 Step 2: What Do We Know?
5:42 Step 3: Forming an Equation
8:51 Step 4: Implicit Differentiation
10:56 Step 5: Solving for the Unknown Rate

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