On a morning of a day when the sun will pass directly overhead, the shadow of a 60-ft building on level ground is 45 long. At the moment in question, the angle c the sun makes with the ground is increasing at the rate of 0.27o/ min. At what rate is the shadow decreasing?

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On a morning of a day when the sun will pass directly overhead, the shadow of a 60-ft building on level ground is 45 long. At the moment in question, the angle c the sun makes with the ground is increasing at the rate of 0.27o/ min. At what rate is the shadow decreasing?

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