The Top of a Ladder Slides Down a Vertical Wall

question 29

Short Answer

The top of a ladder slides down a vertical wall at a rate of 0.1m/s . At the moment when the bottom of the ladder is 3 m from the wall, it slides away from the wall at a rate of 0.2 m/s . How long is the ladder?

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