I've added an attachment to this post to explain the problem.
Two carts, A and B, are connected by a rope 39 feet long that passes over a pulley P. The point Q is on the floor h = 12 ft directly beneath P and between the carts. Cart A is being pulled away at a speed of 2.5 ft/s. How fast is cart B moving toward Q at the instant when cart A is 5 ft from Q. (round to 2 decimal places)
From the problem, I know the following things:
PQ = h = 12
AQ = 5
AP = 13 (by Pythagoras)
APB = 39
PB = 39-13 = 26
QB = 2\sqrt{133} (by Pythagoras)
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