a 10 foot ladder rests against a vertical wall. if the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 2ft/s, how fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 4ft from the base of the wall

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a 10 foot ladder rests against a vertical wall. if the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 2ft/s, how fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 4ft from the base of the wall
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