The base of a triangle is shrinking at a rate of 5 cm/s and the height of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 9 cm/s. Find the rate at which the area of the triangle changes when the height is 12 cm and the base is 4 cm. Provide your answer below:
The rate of change of the area of the triangle is ___ cm²/s.

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version. gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear. i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."