The rate of change of the distance from the particle to the origin at this instant is 3 units per second.
<h3>What is the rate of change?</h3>The instantaneous rate of change is the rate of change at a particular instant.
A particle is moving along the curve
The rate of change of y is given as:
dy / dx = 2
by differentiating both sides,
From the question, we have:
(x, y) = (5,24)
Substitute 5 for x and dy / dx = 2
Hence, the rate of change of the distance from the particle to the origin at this instant is 3 units per second.
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