Asked by milly

A ladder 29 feet long leans against a wall and the foot of the ladder is sliding away at a constant rate of 3 feet/sec. Meanwhile, a firefighter is climbing up the ladder at a rate of 2 feet/sec. When the firefighter has climbed up 6 feet of the ladder, the ladder makes an angle of π/3 with the ground. Answer the two related rates questions below. (Hint: Use two carefully labeled similar right triangles.)

(a) If h is the height of the firefighter above the ground, at the instant the angle of the ladder with the ground is π/3, find dh/dt=

If w is the horizontal distance from the firefighter to the wall, at the instant the angle of the ladder with the ground is π/3, find dw/dt=

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Answered by Reiny
Question:
Does the firefighter clim up 2 ft/sec along the length of the ladder , or 2 ft/sec vertically ?
Answered by Steve
I think we can safely assume that the firefighter's progress is measured along the ladder.
Answered by emir
a) dh/dt= 1.373695468
Answered by Nikky
A) (23*sqrt3)/29 ***when the ladder is 29 feet long
B) got stuck on this one still
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