A light is placed on the ground 17 meters from a building. A man 2 meters tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 2 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 8 meters from the building.

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A light is placed on the ground 17 meters from a building. A man 2 meters tall walks
from the light toward the building at the rate of 2 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
8 meters from the building.
Transcribed Image Text:A light is placed on the ground 17 meters from a building. A man 2 meters tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 2 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 8 meters from the building.
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