Sliding Ladder
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Related Rates - Ladder
A 13 ft ladder is leaning vertically against a wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the wall at a rate of 2 feet per second, how fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the base of the ladder is 5 feet away from the wall? |
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Early in time, describe how quickly the top of the ladder is falling? As time passes, how does the speed of the top of the ladder change? |