A girl of height 120 cm is walking towards a light on the ground at a speed of 0.6 m/s. Her shadow is being cast on a wall behind her that is 5 m from the light. How is the size of her shadow changing when she is 1.5 m from the light?
1 Answer
Apr 26, 2015
Let the Height of the girl's shadow on the wall be
and the distance the girl is from the light be
We are asked for
We are given
and using the diagram below we can determine
When