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

A

`1m//s`

B

`2m//s`

C

`3m//s`

D

`4m//s`

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B
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