A 15-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If we pull the ladder away from the wall at a rate of 2ft/s, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 12ft from the wall?

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A 15-foot ladder is leaning against a wall. If we pull the ladder away from the wall at a rate of 2ft/s, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 12ft from the wall?

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