At a certain instant the length of one leg of a right triangle is 6 m and is increasing at 2 m/min while the length of the other leg is 8 m and is decreasing at 3 m/min. How fast is the area of the triangle changing at that instant?
A) decreasing at 1 /min
B) decreasing at 2 /min
C) unchanging, holding steady
D) increasing at 2 /min
E) increasing at 1 /min
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