A man 6 feet tall walks at a rate of 5 feet per second
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A man 6 feet tall walks at a rate of 5 feet per second toward a streetlight that is 30 feet high (see figure). The mans 3-foot-tall child follows at the same speed, but 10 feet behind the man. At times, the shadow behind the child is caused by the man, and at other times, by the child. (a) Suppose the man is 90 feet from the streetlight. Show that the mans shadow extends beyond the childs shadow. (b) Suppose the man is 60 feet from the streetlight. Show that the childs shadow extends beyond the mans shadow. (c) Determine the distance from the man to the streetlight at which the tips of the two shadows are exactly the same distance from the streetlight. (d) Determine how fast the tip of the shadow is moving as a function of the distance between the man and the street light. Discuss the continuity of this shadow speed function.
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