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document.write( "a) A bright light on the ground illuminates a wall 12 meters away. A man walks from the light straight toward the building at a speed of 1.1 m/s. The man is 2 meters tall. When the man is 4 meters from the building, how fast is the length of his shadow on the building decreasing? (Give your answer correct to two decimal places.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Similar to the boat problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Get the length of the shadow in terms of his distance from the building, that's just geometry.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Differentiate wrt time, etc.<BR>\n" );
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