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=Example 1 (Right Triangle)=

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 * 1. An 8 foot long ladder is leaning against a wall. The top of the ladder is sliding down the wall at the rate of 2 feet per second. How fast is the bottom of the ladder moving along the ground at the point in time when the bottom of ** ** the ladder is 4 feet from the wall? **** []  **

= = =Example 2(Conical Cone)=

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 * 2. Water is being poured into a conical reservoir at the rate of pi cubic feet per second. The reservoir has a radius of 6 feet across the top and a height of 12 feet. At what rate is the depth of the water increasing when the depth is 6 feet? **



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=Example 3 (Change in Angle)=

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 * 3. A fish is reeled in at a rate of 1 foot per second from a point 10 feet above the water. At what rate is the angle between the line and the water changing when there is a total of 25 feet of line out? **




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