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16. A ladder 5 metres in length isresting against vertical wall. Thebottom of the ladder is pulled alongthe ground away from the wall at therate of 1.5 m/sec. When the foot ofladder is 4.0 metres away from thewall, the rate of decrease of theheight on the wall is: *​

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Answer:

At any instant x

2

+y

2

=5

2

Differentiating w.r.t. TIME 2X

dt

dx

+2Y

dt

dy

=0

When x=4;y=3

Here

dt

dx

=2,

dt

dy

=u⇒u=

3

8

m/s



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