SOLUTION: A 24 foot ladder is placed upright against a wall. The top of the ladder slides down the wall while the foot of the ladder is pulled away from the wall along the ground at a steady

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Question 1035444: A 24 foot ladder is placed upright against a wall. The top of the ladder slides down the wall while the foot of the ladder is pulled away from the wall along the ground at a steady rate of 2 feet/second.
Write an equation to model the vertical distance of the top of the ladder from the ground, v, in terms of the horizontal distance of the bottom of the ladder from the wall, h.

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John

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