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A policeman is 60 feet away from an intersection and runs toward it at a speed of 10 ft/s. A robber is running away from the intersection on a perpendicular street; he is 80 feet away and runs at 5 ft/s. What is the rate of change of the straight-line distance between the policeman and the robber?




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