One end of a long 26 foot ladder is on the floor and the other end rests on a verical wall the bottom end of the ladder is pulled away from the wall qt a rate of 4 feet per second. how fast is the angle formed by the ladder and the floor changing when the ladder is 10 feet away from the wall
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Let x be the distance of the bottom from the wall.
x = (26 ft)*sin(theta)
dx/dt = 26 cos(theta)* d(theta)/dt = 4 ft/s
Solve for d(theta)/dt. It will be in radians per second.
To find the rate at which the angle formed by the ladder and the floor is changing, we can use trigonometry.
Let's assume that the distance from the wall to the ladder's bottom end at any given time is 'x' and the angle formed by the ladder and the floor is θ.
From the given information, we know that:
d(x) / dt = 4 ft/s (the distance 'x' between the ladder and the wall is changing at a rate of 4 feet per second)
We need to find d(θ) / dt (the rate at which the angle θ is changing).
Using trigonometry, we can determine that the sine of the angle θ is given by:
sin(θ) = (x / 26)
To relate the angle θ and its rate of change to 'x' and its rate of change, we can take the derivative of both sides of the equation with respect to time 't':
d(sin(θ)) / dt = (d(x) / dt) * (1 / 26)
Differentiating sin(θ) with respect to θ gives us:
cos(θ) * (d(θ) / dt) = (d(x) / dt) * (1 / 26)
Now, we can solve for d(θ) / dt, which is the value we're interested in discovering:
(d(θ) / dt) = (d(x) / dt) * (1 / (26 * cos(θ)))
To find the value of cos(θ), we can use the triangle formed by the ladder, where the hypotenuse is 26 ft and the adjacent side is x ft. Applying the Pythagorean theorem, we get:
x^2 + (26^2) = (26^2 * cos^2(θ))
Substituting the value of x as 10 ft (as given in the problem), we find:
10^2 + (26^2) = (26^2 * cos^2(θ))
Simplifying this equation further:
cos^2(θ) = (10^2 + (26^2)) / (26^2)
cos^2(θ) = 676 / 676
cos^2(θ) = 1
cos(θ) = 1
Since cos(θ) = 1, we can substitute this value into the equation for d(θ) / dt:
(d(θ) / dt) = (d(x) / dt) * (1 / (26 * 1))
Given that (d(x) / dt) = 4 ft/s, we can substitute it into the equation:
(d(θ) / dt) = 4 / (26 * 1)
Simplifying further:
(d(θ) / dt) = 4 / 26
(d(θ) / dt) = 2 / 13
Therefore, the rate at which the angle formed by the ladder and the floor is changing when the ladder is 10 feet away from the wall is 2/13 radians per second.