A 14-foot ladder is leaning against a building. If the bottom of the ladder is sliding along the pavement directly away f is 4 feet from the wall? The top of the ladder is moving down at a rate of feet/second when the foot of the ladder is 4 feet from the wall. (R

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t directly away from the building at 2 feet/second, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down when the foot of the ladder
t from the wall. (Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:t directly away from the building at 2 feet/second, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down when the foot of the ladder t from the wall. (Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)
A 14-foot ladder is leaning against a building. If the bottom of the ladder is sliding along the pavement directly away f
is 4 feet from the wall?
The top of the ladder is moving down at a rate of feet/second when the foot of the ladder is 4 feet from the wall. (R
Transcribed Image Text:A 14-foot ladder is leaning against a building. If the bottom of the ladder is sliding along the pavement directly away f is 4 feet from the wall? The top of the ladder is moving down at a rate of feet/second when the foot of the ladder is 4 feet from the wall. (R
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