A ladder is slipping down a vertical wall. If the ladder is 17 ft long and the top of it is slipping at the constant rate of 2 ft/s, how fast is the bottom of the ladder moving along the ground when the bottom is 8 ft from the wall?

A ladder is slipping down a vertical wall. If the ladder is 17 ft long and the top of it is slipping at the constant rate of 2 ft/s, how fast is the bottom of the ladder moving along the ground when the bottom is 8 ft from the wall?

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Chapter3: Functions

Section3.3: Rates Of Change And Behavior Of Graphs

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	a	0.25 ft/s
	b	4.3 ft/s
	c	3.8 ft/s
	d	1.9 ft/s

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