A ladder 25 feet long is leaning against the wall of a building. Initially, the foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the wall. The foot of the ladder begins to slide at a rate of 2 ft/sec, causing the top of the ladder to slide down the wall. The location of the foot of the ladder at time t seconds is given by the parametric equations (7+ 2t,0).

I found the parametric equation for y(t) =√ 25^2 -(7+2t)^2

Calculate the average velocity of the top of the ladder on each of these time intervals (correct to three decimal places).

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{dy}{dt}=-\frac{2(7+2t)}{\sqrt{25^2-(7+2t)^2}}\\[/tex]

for y (0,9)s

Explanation:

the average velocity can be computed by using the derivative:

[tex]\frac{dy}{dt}[/tex]

For this case we have

[tex]y(t)=\sqrt{25^2-(7+2t)^2}=(25^2-(7+2t)^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}\\\\\frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{1}{2}(25^2-(7+2t)^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}}(-2(7+2t)(2))\\\\\frac{dy}{dt}=-\frac{2(7+2t)}{\sqrt{25^2-(7+2t)^2}}[/tex]

However, for a real result the values of t must be

[tex]7+2t\leq 25\\t\leq 9[/tex]

that is, an allowed interval for t is (0,9)

hope this helps!!

Answer:

[tex]V_{B} = -2*\frac{\frac{Xo + 2t}{L} }{\sqrt{1-(\frac{Xo + 2t}{L}) ^{2} } } \n [m/s][/tex]

Explanation:

Since:

[tex]Y_{B} = L*sin(\alpha )[/tex]

[tex]cos(\alpha ) = \frac{Xo + 2t}{L} ---> \alpha = arcCos(\frac{Xo + 2t}{L})[/tex] ---(1)

By compositive derivate:

d(YB)/dt =VB = L*(d[sin(α)]/dα)*(dα/dt) = L*cos(α)*dα/dt --- (2)

From the expresion (1):

if we call; u = (Xo + 2t)/L

Then: dα/dt = (dα/du)*(du/dt) = (d[arcCos(u)]/du)*(d[(Xo + 2t)/L]/dt)

Thus:

[tex]d\alpha /dt = -\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-u^{2} } } *(\frac{2}{L}) = -\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-cos\alpha ^{2} } }*(\frac{2}{L})[/tex]

[tex]d\alpha /dt = -\frac{1}{\sin\alpha } *(\frac{2}{L})[/tex]

Finally:

[tex]V_{B} = L*cos\alpha *(-\frac{1}{sin\alpha }) *\frac{2}{L} = -2*Ctg\alpha [m/s][/tex]

Or, in cartesians:

[tex]V_{B} = -2*\frac{cos\alpha }{\sqrt{1-cos\alpha ^{2} } } [m/s][/tex]

[tex]V_{B} = -2*\frac{\frac{Xo + 2t}{L} }{\sqrt{1-(\frac{Xo + 2t}{L}) ^{2} } } \n [m/s][/tex]