10. A 6-ft-tall person walks away from a 10-ft lamppost at a constant rate of 3 ft/sec. What is the rate that the tip of the shadow moves away from the pole when the person is 10 ft away from the pole? 10 6. 10

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10. A 6-ft-tall person walks away from a 10-ft lamppost at a constant rate of 3 ft/sec. What is the rate that the
tip of the shadow moves away from the pole when the person is 10 ft away from the pole?
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Transcribed Image Text:10. A 6-ft-tall person walks away from a 10-ft lamppost at a constant rate of 3 ft/sec. What is the rate that the tip of the shadow moves away from the pole when the person is 10 ft away from the pole? 10 6 10
1. A6-ft-tall person walks away from a 10-ft lamppost. Write a function representing the length of
the shadow as a function of the man's distance from the pole. See the diagram for #10 in section
4.1 (Hint: Use similar triangles to set up a proportion).
Transcribed Image Text:1. A6-ft-tall person walks away from a 10-ft lamppost. Write a function representing the length of the shadow as a function of the man's distance from the pole. See the diagram for #10 in section 4.1 (Hint: Use similar triangles to set up a proportion).
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