A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical wall. If the top end slides downwards at the rate of 2ft per second, what will be the rate at which the slope of the ladder changes?

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A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical wall. If the top end slides downwards at the rate of 2ft per second, what will be the rate at which the slope of the ladder changes?