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A 25-foot ladder is leaning against a house. If the base of the ladder is pulled away from the house at a rate of 2 feet per second, then the top will move down the wall at a rate of

r = 2x/√(625 − x2) ft/sec where x is the distance between the base of the ladder and the house, and r is the rate in feet per second.

(a) Find the rate r when x is 7 feet.

(b) Find the rate r when x is 15 feet.

(c) Find the limit of r as x approaches 25 from the left.

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