A 12 m ladder is placed against a large building. The base of the ladder is resting on some slick ice, and it slips at the rate of 0.8 meter per minute. Find the rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder above the ground at the instant when the base of the ladder is 10 meters from the base of the building  please explain

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A 12 m ladder is placed against a large building. The base of the ladder is resting on some slick ice, and it slips at the rate of 0.8 meter per minute. Find the rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder above the ground at the instant when the base of the ladder is 10 meters from the base of the building 

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