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Contextual Applications of Differentiation · Medium problem

A kite flies at a constant height of 100100 ft, and the wind carries it horizontally away from the person holding the string at 88 ft/s. How fast, in ft/s, must the string be let out when 200200 ft of string is out? (Assume the string is straight.)