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-A 26-foot ladder is placed against a wall. If the top of the ladder is sliding down the wall at 2 feet per second, at what rate is the bottom of the ladder moving away from the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 10 feet away
From the wall?
A) 5.2 ft/sec
B) 2.4 ft/sec
C) 9.6 ft/sec
D) 4.8 ft/sec

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Using the Pythagorean theorem and related rates, when the ladder is 10 feet from the wall, the rate at which the bottom moves away is 4.8 ft/sec.

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