Please help with my geology hw
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Answer:
The rate of change of the shadow length of a person is 2.692 ft/s
Solution:
As per the question:
Height of a person, H = 20 ft
Height of a person, h = 7 ft
Rate = 5 ft/s
Now,
From Fig.1:
b = person's distance from the lamp post
a = shadow length
Also, from the similarity of the triangles, we can write:
Differentiating the above eqn w.r.t t:
Now, we know that:
Rate =
Thus