Alight 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 1.9 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 7 meters from the building.

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Alight 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 1.9 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 7 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:Alight 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 1.9 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 7 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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