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trasher [3.6K]
3 years ago
6

a 15-ft ladder is leaning against one wall of an alley 9 ft wide. the ladder slips, its top sliding down the wall, its foot slid

ing across the alley and striking the opposite wall at a speed of 4 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder falling at that instance?
Mathematics
1 answer:
blagie [28]3 years ago
5 0
2x dx/dt +2y dy/dt = 0 
<span>x dx/dt + y dy/dt = 0 </span>
<span>9*4 + 12 dy/dt = 0 </span>
<span>dy/dt = - 3 ft/sec </span>
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