Part 1 A 25-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall. Suppose the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a constant rate of 4 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the bottom is 24 feet from the wall?
Part 1 A 25-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall. Suppose the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a constant rate of 4 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the bottom is 24 feet from the wall?
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24
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