(a)
To calculate: The type of curve formed if the figure shows that the painter has her brush positioned a ft. from the top of the ladder and b ft. from the bottom. The ladder was placed on a frictionless surface and the bottom starts sliding away from the wall. As the painter falls on the ground, she keeps the brush in the same position so that it paints an arc of a curve on the adjacent wall. The figure is as follows:
(b)
To calculate: The equation for the curve if the figure shows that the painter has her brush positioned a ft. from the top of the ladder and b ft. from the bottom. The ladder was placed on a frictionless surface and the bottom starts sliding away from the wall. As the painter falls on the ground, she keeps the brush in the same position so that it paints an arc of a curve on the adjacent wall. The figure is as follows:
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