SOLUTION: a 6ft man walks away from a 6ft lamp post at a speech of 3ft/s. find the rate at which his shadow is increasing in length.

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Question 522984: a 6ft man walks away from a 6ft lamp post at a speech of 3ft/s. find the rate at which his shadow is increasing in length.
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a 6ft man walks away from a 6ft lamp post at a speech of 3ft/s. find the rate at which his shadow is increasing in length.
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He's the same height as the lamp. Where is the shadow? If it's on the ground, it's of infinite length, and remains that length.