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JEE Advanced · Physics · 4. Motion in 2D

A person of height 1.6 m is walking away from a lamp post of height 4 m along a straight path on the flat ground. The lamp post and the person are always perpendicular to the ground. If the speed of the person is 60 cm s1, the speed of the tip of the person’s shadow on the ground with respect to the person is _____ cm s1.

  1. A 10
  2. B 20
  3. C 30
  4. D 40
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(D) 40

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Given:
Speed of person=dx1dt=60 cm s-1
Also Speed of tip of person's shadow =dx2dt
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