A light is placed on the ground 12 meters from a building. A man 2 meters tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 1.4 meters per second. Find the rate in meter/s per second at which the length of his shadow on the wall is changing when he is 5 meters from the building.

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A light is placed on the ground 12 meters from a building. A man 2
meters tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 1.4
meters per second. Find the rate in meter/s per second at which the
length of his shadow on the wall is changing when he is 5 meters
from the building.
Note: If your final answer is negative, include the negative sign in
your answer without a space between the sign and the numerical
answer. If the answer is a fraction, type in the answer in decimal
form rounding-off to two decimal places.
Transcribed Image Text:A light is placed on the ground 12 meters from a building. A man 2 meters tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 1.4 meters per second. Find the rate in meter/s per second at which the length of his shadow on the wall is changing when he is 5 meters from the building. Note: If your final answer is negative, include the negative sign in your answer without a space between the sign and the numerical answer. If the answer is a fraction, type in the answer in decimal form rounding-off to two decimal places.
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