A 25 -foot ladder is leaning against a vertical wall​ when Jack begins pulling the foot of the ladder away from the wall at a rate of 0.6 ft / s. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the foot of the ladder is 7 ft from the​ wall?

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A 25 -foot ladder is leaning against a vertical wall​ when Jack begins pulling the foot of the ladder away from the wall at a rate of 0.6 ft / s. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the foot of the ladder is 7 ft from the​ wall?

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