A ladder 20 feet long is leaning against an embankment inclined 60 degrees to the horizontal. if the bottom of the ladder is being moved horizontally toward an embankment at 1ft/sec, how fast is the top of the ladder moving when the bottom is 4 ft. from the embankment?

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A ladder 20 feet long is leaning against an embankment inclined 60 degrees to the horizontal. if the bottom of the ladder is being moved horizontally toward an embankment at 1ft/sec, how fast is the top of the ladder moving when the bottom is 4 ft. from the embankment?

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