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Motion along a curve (differential calc)

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Problem

A particle moves along the curve xy=10 so that the y-coordinate is increasing at a constant rate of 3 units per minute.
What is the rate of change (in units per minute) of the particle's x-coordinate when the particle is at the point (2,5)?
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