Related Rates of Change - Slipping Ladder (1 of 2: Establishing the scenario)

[DushyanthEdadasula]

This is the first of many videos I'm gonna see from you. Loved it!!!!

[eliastrejo]

That’s what I am learning in my summer calc class.

[ecunhado]

One way of solving this problem would be to assign a function to x and another to y, both depending on the instant of time (t), using initial positions and velocities (even not knowing y's velocity).
This way you could calculate at what t x(t) = 6. Then you could use the condition x^2 + y^2 = 100 to determine y's velocity in the instant of time previously calculated.

[yoinks]

My goodness do I feel dumb... No wait... I actually am dumb... Meh, oh well

[sakit]

What if they were to put that the ladder is sliding away at 4cm/s instead, would we still use 4 or 0.04?

[TheFarmanimalfriend]

You can not ignore gravity. There is a constant downward acceleration of 9.8 meter/sec^2. This makes no sense!