Question
A man 5.5 ft tall walks away from a lamp post 10 ft high at the rate of 8 ft/s. (a.) How fast does his shadow lengthen?
(b.) how fast does the tip of the shadow move?
(b.) how fast does the tip of the shadow move?
Answers
make a sketch
let the distance of the man from the lamp-post be x
let the length of his shadow be y
by ratios:
5.5/y = 10/(x+y)
5.5x + 5.5y = 10y
5.5x = 4.5y
times 10
55x = 45y
11x = 9y
11 dx/dt = 9 dy/dt
11(8) = 9 dy/dt
dy/dt = 88/9 ft/s or 9 7/9 ft/s --> rate at which the shadow is lengthening.
How fast is the shadow moving??
d(x+y)/dt = dx/dt + dy/dt
= 8 + 88/9 = 160/9 ft/s or 17 7/9 ft/s
let the distance of the man from the lamp-post be x
let the length of his shadow be y
by ratios:
5.5/y = 10/(x+y)
5.5x + 5.5y = 10y
5.5x = 4.5y
times 10
55x = 45y
11x = 9y
11 dx/dt = 9 dy/dt
11(8) = 9 dy/dt
dy/dt = 88/9 ft/s or 9 7/9 ft/s --> rate at which the shadow is lengthening.
How fast is the shadow moving??
d(x+y)/dt = dx/dt + dy/dt
= 8 + 88/9 = 160/9 ft/s or 17 7/9 ft/s
Thank You very much !! :D
why was it multiplied to 10?
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