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Variable rate refers to a situation where something is changing at different speeds over time. The rate may increase, decrease, remain constant, or fluctuate irregularly.

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Financial Accounting II
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The number of people in a livestream is decreasing at a variable rate, and the first derivative represents the rate at which people are leaving the room with respect to time. What are the units of the second derivative?

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