A balloon and a bicycle A balloon is rising vertically above a level, straight road at a constant rate of 1 ft/sec. Just when the balloon is 65 ft above the ground, a bicycle moving at a constant rate of 17 ft/sec passes under it. How fast is the distance s(t) between the bicycle and balloon increasing 3 sec later?

A balloon and a bicycle A balloon is rising vertically above a level, straight road at a constant rate of 1 ft/sec. Just when the balloon is 65 ft above the ground, a bicycle moving at a constant rate of 17 ft/sec passes under it. How fast is the distance s(t) between the bicycle and balloon increasing 3 sec later?

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  1. A balloon and a bicycle A balloon is rising vertically above a level, straight road at a constant rate of 1 f t / s e c . Just when the balloon is 65 f t above the ground, a bicycle moving at a constant rate of 17 f t / s e c passes under it. How fast is the distance s ( t ) between the bicycle and balloon increasing 3 s e c later?

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