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This WorkBook requires Mathwright Library Player 2000 to read it. To download the book, press the button on the left. A self-extracting file will be downloaded. Either save it to disk and execute it later, or simply select "Open it" from the popup dialog. This places the book, along with its documentation, on the Start, Programs, Mathwright Library menu, so that you may read it whenever you like.

 

Size: 120 KB

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Categories:

  1. Class or Laboratory
  2. Home Study
  3. Visualization

Subjects:

  1. Graphing
  2. Position Portraits
  3. Maxima / minima
  4. Calculus

 

Title: Fireman's Ladder

Book Description: A fireman is standing on the bottom rung of an 11 meter ladder. The base of the ladder is 1 meter from the wall and is about to slip at a constant speed of 5 meters per second away from the wall. The Player gets to choose how fast the fireman climbs the ladder and then to watch the path through the air. The results are rather surprising.

Author: James White

Suggested Use: Demonstration

Topics: differentiation, extrema, graphing, position portraits

Number of Pages: 1

Animation: Yes

Grade Level:

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