I believe the answer is 4
Complete question
A 29-meter ladder is sliding down a vertical wall so the distance between the top of the ladder and the ground is decreasing at 7 meters per minute. At a certain instant, the bottom of the ladder is 21 meters from the wall.
What is the rate of change of the distance between the bottom of the ladder and the wall at that instant(in meters per minute)
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
From the question we are told that
Slant height 
Change in Vertical height 
Horizontal length 
Generally in finding the distance form the top to the bottom of the wall it is mathematically given by




Generally solving for the differential equation is mathematically represented as







You can start by rewriting the equation so that the right side equals zero. Add

and

to both sides.

You can now use the quadratic equation (below), where

and

, to find solutions. Plug in these values for

and

into the equation and simplify.




The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

Or approximately...
It is C because a straight line is 180 degrees, eliminating A. That being said, the “bigger angle” is 12x-30 because it is obtuse. B and D are both acute, while C is obtuse. You can also find the answer by finding x as in the equation 3x+(12x-30)=180. By simplification, x=14. So, plugging it in, 12(14)-30=138.