Related Rates Lab Report

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Below is the "lab report" for the Rates lab. Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question by clicking first on the pull-down tab to the right and then clicking on your choice. You may retry as often as you like, although the questions may change slightly. Clicking on the "SCORE" button on the bottom will evaluate your work. See if you can get all 3 correct. If you find this difficult, you may want to read the math review section.

For all these questions, the red ship on the x-axis is at coordinate x while the blue ship on the y-axis is at coordinate y. The distance between them (the length of the segment connecting them) is denoted by L.

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