A 13 Foot Ladder Is Leaning Against A Vertical Wall. Height of ladder = 12 feetlet x be the distance from the wall to the base of the ladder thenheight = 2x + 2using pythagoras' identity(2x + 2)² + x² = 13² ( expa… If the bottom of the ladder is sliding along the level pavement directly away from the building at 1 foot per second, how fast is the top of the ladder moving down when the foot of the ladder is 5 feet from the.
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So to just subtract it from each other is completely absurd. The hypotenuse will be 25 feet and base will be 7 feet. The ladder's length doesn't change, but it's distance in relation to the wall does when the ladder slips down. Please note that terms and conditions apply.