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erastova [34]
2 years ago
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A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall 12 m away. If a man 2 m tall walks along the x-axis from the spotlight toward the bui

lding at a speed of 1.8 m/s, which is taken as the given dx/dt, how fast is the length of his shadow on the building decreasing when he is 4 m from the building?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Sedbober [7]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

0.675 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Let height of shadow= y,CD=x

Height of man=2 m

Speed of man= \frac{dx}{dt}=1. 8 m/s

\triangle ABD\sim\triangle ECD

Therefore, \frac{AB}{EC}=\frac{BD}{CD}

\frac{y}{2}=\frac{12}{x}

xy=24

Differentiate w.r.t t

x\frac{dy}{dt}+y\frac{dx}{dt}=0

x\frac{dy}{dt}=-y\frac{dx}{dt}

\frac{dy}{dt}=-\frac{y}{x}\frac{dx}{dt}

When the man is 4 m from  the building

Then, we have x=12-4=8 m

\frac{dx}{dt}=1.8 m/s

Substitute the values in above equation then, we get

8y=24

y=\frac{24}{8}=3

Substitute the values then we get

\frac{dy}{dt}=-\frac{3}{8}\times 1.8=-0.675 m/s

Hence, the length of his shadow on the building decreasing at the rate 0.675 m/s.

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