A https://www.webassign.net/web/Student/Assignment-Responses/submit?dep 270589378tags autosavedquestion4708351 4 A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall 12 m away. If a man 2 m tall walks from the spotlight toward the building at a speed of 1.6 m/s, how fast (in m/s) is the length of his shadow on the building decreasing when he is 4 m from the building? Step 1 Using the diagram below, find the relation between x and y. 2 %3D 12 12 2 12 x 12- Step 2 We must find dy/dt. The equation found in the previous step can be re-written as follows. yx y =

A https://www.webassign.net/web/Student/Assignment-Responses/submit?dep 270589378tags autosavedquestion4708351 4 A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall 12 m away. If a man 2 m tall walks from the spotlight toward the building at a speed of 1.6 m/s, how fast (in m/s) is the length of his shadow on the building decreasing when he is 4 m from the building? Step 1 Using the diagram below, find the relation between x and y. 2 %3D 12 12 2 12 x 12- Step 2 We must find dy/dt. The equation found in the previous step can be re-written as follows. yx y =

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