A 80 foot ladder leaning against a wall is being pushed so that the bottom of the ladder is sliding toward the base of the wall, and the top of the ladder is sliding up. If the ladder is rising at 6 feet per second, when the ladder is 48 feet from the wall, and the top of the ladder is 64 feet off the ground, how quickly is the base of the ladder moving toward the wall?

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A 80 foot ladder leaning against a wall is being pushed so that the bottom of the ladder is sliding toward the base of the wall, and the top of the ladder is sliding up. If the ladder is rising at 6 feet per second, when the ladder is 48 feet from the wall, and the top of the ladder is 64 feet off the ground, how quickly is the base of the ladder moving toward the wall?

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