A ladder 5 m long is leaning against a wall The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground away

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A ladder 5 m long is leaning against a wall The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground away from the wall, at the rate of 2 m/sec. How fast its height on the wall decreasing when the foot of the ladder is 4 m away from the wall-

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Let at time t, the lowers end P of ladder PQ be at a distance x meters from the wall and the upper end Q be at height y from the ground.
Then x² + y² = 25
∵ = 2
we find when x = 4
On putting x = 4 in x² + y² = 25
we get y = 3
Now x² + y² = 25
⇒ 2x + 2y = 0
⇒ 2 . 4 . 2 + 2 .

= 0
⇒ m/sec
Hence its height on the wall decreasing at the rate of 8/3 m/sec.

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