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A man is climbing down from 100 feet high descending 30 ft./min. What is the change of rate?

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Since the man is climbing down, the rate of change must be negative. We can also note that the rate is 30 ft/min (in absolute value). Therefore, the answer is


-30(ft)/(\min )

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