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sebasalekhine7
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I have this problem, and I have attepmted a classical approach without much success.
A man 5 ft tall runs at a rate of 8ft/sec towards a source of light that arises vertically at a point A. The height of the light source H, is given by the formula h(t)=t^3 +1, in feet, where time t is measured in seconds. At what rate is the length of the man's shadow decreasing at time=10seconds?
I have tried establishing the geometrical relationships between the height h(t) and the distance between the point A and the tip of the man's shadow.
say, if we call "s" the length of the shadow, and 'x' the distance between the man and point A, we have that h/5=x/s but then I do not have any other information about the problem. What's next??
A man 5 ft tall runs at a rate of 8ft/sec towards a source of light that arises vertically at a point A. The height of the light source H, is given by the formula h(t)=t^3 +1, in feet, where time t is measured in seconds. At what rate is the length of the man's shadow decreasing at time=10seconds?
I have tried establishing the geometrical relationships between the height h(t) and the distance between the point A and the tip of the man's shadow.
say, if we call "s" the length of the shadow, and 'x' the distance between the man and point A, we have that h/5=x/s but then I do not have any other information about the problem. What's next??