SOLUTION: A 15-foot long ladder is leaning against a wall. The bottom is initially 8 feet away from the base of the wall, but is being pushed towards the wall at a rate of 2 feet per second.
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Question 1180324: A 15-foot long ladder is leaning against a wall. The bottom is initially 8 feet away from the base of the wall, but is being pushed towards the wall at a rate of 2 feet per second. How fast is
the top of the ladder moving up the wall? Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source):
The statement of the problem is incomplete; the speed of the ladder moving up the wall is not constant.
The problem needs to ask for something like the speed the ladder is moving up the wall when it is at 14 feet on the wall, or the speed the ladder is moving up the wall after 2 seconds.
