A 20-foot ladder is leaning against a building. If the bottom of the ladder is sliding along the pavement directly away from the
building at 2 ?feet/second, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down when the foot of the ladder is 3 feet from the? wall?The top of the ladder is moving down at a rate of _____ ?feet/second when the foot of the ladder is 3 feet from the wall. ?(Round to the nearest thousandth as? needed.)
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Answer:
20 mph
Step-by-step explanation:
Let speed of Train a = Va mph
Let speed of Train b = Vb mph
Va = Vb + 30
Let time taken for Train a = Ta
Let time taken for Train b = Tb
time taken = distance travelled/speed
Ta = 350/Va = 350/(Vb+30)
Tb = 140/Vb
But they both travel in the same amount of time.
So, Ta = Tb
Cross multiply
Divide both sides by 210