A 13-ft ladder is leaning against a house when its base starts to slide away. By the time the base is 12 ft from the house, the base is moving away at the rate of 15 ft/sec. At what rate is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing then? The figure is attached, Thank you.
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A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
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Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A 13-ft ladder is leaning against a house when its base starts to slide away. By the time the base is 12 ft from the house, the base is moving away at the rate of 15 ft/sec. At what rate is the angle between the ladder and the ground changing then?
The figure is attached, Thank you.
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