A man, 1.65 m tall is walking on a horizontal street at 2.3 kph away from a vertical street light, 3.3 m high. How fast (kph) is the tip of his shadow moving relative to the top of the street light when he is 2 m from the base of the street light? Express your answer in 1 decimal place
A man, 1.65 m tall is walking on a horizontal street at 2.3 kph away from a vertical street light, 3.3 m high. How fast (kph) is the tip of his shadow moving relative to the top of the street light when he is 2 m from the base of the street light? Express your answer in 1 decimal place
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Chapter59: Areas Of Rectangles, Parallelograms, And Trapezoids
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A man, 1.65 m tall is walking on a horizontal street at 2.3 kph away from a vertical street light, 3.3 m high. How fast (kph) is the tip of his shadow moving relative to the top of the street light when he is 2 m from the base of the street light? Express your answer in 1 decimal place.
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