One end of a ladder 25 feet long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves away from the wall horizontally at a rate of 3 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its foot is 15 feet from the wall? Write the answer in its exact form as an integer or a fraction in lowest terms.

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One end of a ladder 25 feet long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves away from the wall horizontally at a rate of 3
feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its foot is 15 feet from the wall? Write the answer in its exact
form as an integer or a fraction in lowest terms.
Transcribed Image Text:One end of a ladder 25 feet long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves away from the wall horizontally at a rate of 3 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its foot is 15 feet from the wall? Write the answer in its exact form as an integer or a fraction in lowest terms.
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