Worth 75 points!! Need help with calculus
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Answer:
The tip of the man shadow moves at the rate of
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's draw a figure that describes the given situation.
Let "x" be the distance between the man and the pole and "y" be distance between the pole and man's shadows tip point.
Here it forms two similar triangles.
Let's find the distance "y" using proportion.
From the figure, we can form a proportion.
Cross multiplying, we get
15(y -x) = 6y
15y - 15x = 6y
15y - 6y = 15x
9y = 15x
y =
We need to find rate of change of the shadow. So we need to differentiate y with respect to the time (t).
----(1)
We are given . Plug in the equation (1), we get
Here the distance between the man and the pole 45 ft does not need because we asked to find the how fast the shadow of the man moves.
To start, we're given the range that x lies in: from -1 to 4. We know from the fact that 
that -1 will be <em /><em>included</em> in that range, so we mark -1 on the number line with a solid circle. We also know from 
that, while x can be any value <em>up to</em> 4, it does not <em>include </em>4. We indicate this by drawing a hollow circle around 4 on the number line. Since x can be <em>any value within this range</em>, we make that fact clear by drawing a bold line between the points -1 and 4 on the number line. I've attached an image of what our final graph would look like.
