Help with a Related Rates Problem! (tip of shadow)

jessi88

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A light is at the top of a 16 m pole in a quarry. A truck 5m tall moves away from the pole at a rate of 4m/s. At what rate is the tip of the shadow moving when it is 18 m from the pole? At what rate is the length of its shadow increasing??
 
That's a lovely problem. Have you drawn a picture? Have you noticed the similar triangles? What work have you done?
 
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