Streetlight Calculus Problem
A man 6 ft tall is walking away from a streetlight 20ft high at a rate of 5ft/sec. At what rate is the tip of his shadow moving when he is 24 feet from the lightpost and at what rate is the length of his shadow increasing?
Posted by Adam Jensen a year ago
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