Home
Class 12
MATHS
A man 180 cm tall walks at a rate of 2m/...

A man 180 cm tall walks at a rate of 2m/sec. away, from a source of light that is 9 m above the ground. How fast is the length of his shadow increasing when he is 3 m away from the base of light?

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

To solve the problem step by step, we will use the concept of similar triangles and related rates. ### Step 1: Understand the problem We have a man who is 180 cm tall (which is 1.8 m) walking away from a light source that is 9 m above the ground at a speed of 2 m/s. We need to find out how fast the length of his shadow is increasing when he is 3 m away from the base of the light. ### Step 2: Set up the variables Let: - \( h = 9 \) m (height of the light source) ...
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • DEFINITE INTEGRALS

    RD SHARMA|Exercise Solved Examples And Exercises|567 Videos
  • DETERMINANTS

    RD SHARMA|Exercise Solved Examples And Exercises|403 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A man 160cm tall,walks away from a source of light situated at the top of a pole 6m high at the rate of 1.1m/sec. How fast is the length of his shadow increasing when he is 1metre away from the pole.

A man of height 160 cm walks at a rate of 1.1 m/sec from a lamp post which 6m high. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow increases when he is 1m away from the lamp post.

A man 1.6m high walks at the rate of 30 metre per minute away from a lamp which is 4m above ground.How fast does the mans shadow lengthen ?

A man 2m tall,walks at the rate of (5)/(3)(m)/(s) towards a street light which is (16)/(3)m above the ground.At what rate is the tip of his shadow moving? At what rate is the length of the shadow changing when he is (10)/(3)m from the base of the light?

A man 2m tall,walks at the rate of 1(2)/(3)m/sec towards a street light which is 5(1)/(3)m above the ground.At what rate is tip of his shadow moving? At what rate is the length of the shadow changing when he is 3(1)/(13)m from the base of the light?

A man 2 metres high, walks at a uniform speed of 5 km per hour away from a lamp post, 6 metres high. The rate at which the length of his shadow increases is

A man of 2m height walks at a uniform speed of 6kmh^(-1) away from a lamp post of 6m height. The rate at which the length of his shadow increase in

A man of 2 metres height walks at a uniform speed of 6 km/hr away from a lamp post of 6 metres high. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow increases.

A man of height 2m walks directly away from a lamp of height 5 m on a level road at 3m//s . The rate at which the length of his shadow is increasing is

RD SHARMA-DERIVATIVES AS A RATE MEASURER -Solved Examples And Exercises
  1. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves move in circles at a...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A man 160 cm tall, walks away from a source of light situated at the t...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A man 180 cm tall walks at a rate of 2m/sec. away, from a source of...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A ladder 13m long leans against a wall. The foot of the ladder is p...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A particle moves along the curve y=x^2+2xdot At what point(s) on the c...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. If y=7x-x^3 and x increases at the rate of 4 units per second, how fas...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Find an angle  which increases twice as fast as its cosine.

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Find an angle  whose rate of increase twice is twice the rate of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The top of a ladder 6 metres long is resting against a vertical wal...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A balloon in the form of a right circular cone surmounted by a hemi...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Water is running into an inverted cone at the rate of pi cubic metr...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A man 2 metres high walks at a uniform speed of 5 km/hr away from a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. The surface area of a spherical bubble is increasing at the rate of...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The radius of a cylinder is increasing at the rate 2cm/sec. and its...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The volume of metal in a hollow sphere is constant. If the inner ra...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Sand is being poured onto a conical pile at the constant rate of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A kit is 120m high and 130 m of string is out. If the kite is movin...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A particle moves along the curve y= (2/3)x^3+1 . Find the points on t...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Find the point on the curve y^2dot 8xdot for which the abscissa and or...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 9\ cm^3/sec. How f...

    Text Solution

    |