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A vertical lamp-post, 6 m high stands at a distance of 2 m from a wall, 4 m high. A 105 m tall man starts to walk away from the wall on the other side of the wall, in line with the lamp-post. The maximum distance to which the man can walk remaining in the shadow is :

A

`3/2 m`

B

`5/2 m`

C

`4m`

D

None of these

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B
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