One end of a ladder 34 feet long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves away from the wall horizontally at a rate of 4 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its foot is 16 feet from the wall? Write the answer in its exact form as an integer or a fraction in lowest terms.

One end of a ladder 34 feet long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves away from the wall horizontally at a rate of 4 feet per second. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its foot is 16 feet from the wall? Write the answer in its exact form as an integer or a fraction in lowest terms.

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section9.4: Series And Their Notations

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