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Two equal sides of an isosceles triangle with fixed base 'a' are decreasing at the rate of 9 cm/second. How fast is the area of the riangle decreasing, when the two sides are equal to 'a' ?

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`3 sqrt(3a) cm^(2)` / second.
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