A ladder 10 ft long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 7/5 ft/s, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing when the bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall?
A ladder 10 ft long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 7/5 ft/s, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing when the bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall?
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A ladder 10 ft long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 7/5 ft/s, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing when the bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the wall?
![A ladder 10 ft long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of
ft/s, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing when the bottom of the
ladder is 6 ft from the wall?
rad/s
wall
10
y
ground](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb1d14486-aab8-45fa-9185-3d15b7af8b4b%2F5a53011c-b3cb-409f-b20d-f65f18046585%2Fryww2ns_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A ladder 10 ft long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of
ft/s, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing when the bottom of the
ladder is 6 ft from the wall?
rad/s
wall
10
y
ground
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