A 10-ft ladder is leaning against a house when its base starts to slide away. By the time the base is 6 ft ftom the house, the base is moving away at the rate of 16 ft/sec. a. What is the rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder? b. At what rate is the area of the triangle formed by the ladder, wall, and ground changing then? C. At what rate is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing then?

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A 10-ft ladder is leaning against a house when its base starts to slide away. By the time the base is 6 ft ftom the house, the base is moving
away at the rate of 16 ft/sec.
a. What is the rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder?
b. At what rate is the area of the triangle formed by the ladder, wall, and ground changing then?
c. At what rate is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing then?
a. The rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder is
ft/sec.
(Simplify your answer.)
b. The area is changing at ft /sec.
(Simplify your answer.)
c. The angle is changing at rad/sec.
(Simplify your answer.)
re
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