Answer:
The rate of change of the area when the bottom of the ladder (denoted by
) is at 36 ft. from the wall is the following:

Explanation:
The Area of the triangle is given by
where
(by using the Pythagoras' Theorem) and
is the length of the base of the triangle or the distance between the bottom of the ladder and the wall.
The area is then

The rate of change of the area is given by its time derivative


Product rule
Chain rule


In here we can identify
,
and
.
The result is then

The answer for this is 1200N
Is there a multiple choice?
Answer:
im sure your already past this but it's E.
Explanation:
This is because in this case potential energy is linear to height, which means that the higher the more potential energy.