A rotating light is located 18 feet from a wall. The light completes one rotation every 2 seconds. Find the rate at which the light projected onto the wall is moving along the wall when the light's angle is 5 degrees from perpendicular to the wall.

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Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions
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A rotating light is located 18 feet from a wall. The light completes one rotation every 2 seconds. Find the rate at which the light projected onto the wall is moving along the wall when the light's angle is 5 degrees from perpendicular to the wall.

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