Posted by opy on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2:23pm.
draw a right triangle: vertical 6m, horizontal leg x
Now within that triangle, another vertical 1.8 m, and the horizontal distance to the lamppost is L, so the length to the tip of shadow is x-L
similar triangles:
x/6=(x-L)/1.8
or 1.8x-6x=-6L
4.2 dx/dt=6dL/dt
given: dL/dt=7, solve for dx/dt
h=1.8 m, H=6 m, v=7 m/s u=?
x is the distance of man to lamp post,
y is the distance from the tip of the shadow to the lamp post.
From the similar triangles
H/h = y/(y-x),
6/1.8 = y/(y-x),
6y -6x=1.8y,
4.2 y=6 x,
0.7y=x,
d{0.7y}/dt=dx/dt,
0.7(dy/dt)=dx/dt,
0.7u =v,
u=v/0.7=7/0.7=10 m/s.
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