3 sec ? tan ? - 4 csc ? cot ? = 0

[codycenters]

i need help finding the following:
(a) Express L as a function of ?. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn in this work.)
(b) In calculus, you will be asked to find the length of the longest ladder that can turn the corner by solving the equation 3 sec ? tan ? - 4 csc ? cot ? = 0, 0° < ? < 90°. Solve this equation for ?.
(c) What is the length of the longest ladder that can be carried around the corner?

 

[mmm4444bot]

(a) Express L as a function of ?.

What does symbol L represent? (The length of some ladder?)

Please provide us with all of the given information; we generally do not have time to guess.


3 sec ? tan ? - 4 csc ? cot ? = 0

0° < ? < 90°

Solve this equation

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