The ladder forms a right angle triangle with the wall and the ground. The length of the ladder represents the hypotenuse of the right angle triangle. The height from the top of the ladder to the base of the wall represents the opposite side of the right angle triangle.
The distance, d from the bottom of the ladder to the base of the wall represents the adjacent side of the right angle triangle.
To determine the distance, d from the bottom of the ladder to the base of the wall, we would apply we would apply the cosine trigonometric ratio.
I believe the first graph in the shape of the \_/ is the correct graph because when he gets off the freeway his speed slows then he stops and is no longer moving for a period of time. Then he gets back on and his speed is going up.
