Answer :
Part a: the rate at which the shadow's tip moves away from the pole while the subject is 25 feet distant is 48/13 ft/sec.
Part b: the speed of the shadow from the speed of the man is 22/13 ft/sec.
Explain the term rate of change?
- Rate of Change: How quickly a parameter changes over a predetermined amount of time.
- It is frequently used while discussing momentum and is typically expressed as a proportion of one variable's change to another's corresponding change.
A 5 feet 6 inch tall individual is going away from a 12 foot tall pole with a light on top at a 2 foot per second pace.
A) the speed at which the shadow's tip moves away from the pole while the subject is 25 feet distant;
Similar triangles allow us to say:
12/L = 55/(L - x)
Simpllifying,
12(l - x) = 5.5l
12l - 12x = 5.5l
6.5l = 12x
x = (6.5/12)l
Differentiate with respect to time;
dx/dt = (6.5/12)dl/dt or
dl/dt = (12/6.5)(dx/dt)
As, dx/dt = 2
dl/dt = (12/6.5)(2)
dl/dt = 24/6.5
dl/dt = 48/13 ft/sec
B: When a person is 25 feet from a pole, the point of the shadow travelling away from them at:
Subtract the speed of the shadow from the speed of the man.
Therefore,
48/13 - 2 = 22/13 ft/sec.
Thus, the speed of shadow from the speed of the man is 22/13 ft/sec.
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