As claudia walks away from a 264-cm lampost, the tip of her shadow moves twice as fast as she does. what is claudia's height?

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anonymous · Answer

Are you learning related rates?

anonymous · Answer

Yep.

anonymous · Answer

not really necessary for this one
i forget who, but someone solved this exact problem yesterday with a picture

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

there picture was nicer than mine

anonymous · Answer

*their

anonymous · Answer

*waves*

anonymous · Answer

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/50803374e4b0b5696005518f

amistre64 · Answer

what good are pictures to the blind?

anonymous · Answer

I don't know @amistre64 , you'll have to post that in the Philosophy section.

amistre64 · Answer

the Philosophy section is still trying to figure out if they exist or not ;)

anonymous · Answer

O wow. That made it like...a 3rd grade problem.  Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king

anonymous · Answer

see, i said their picture was nicer than mine.  who said art was dead?

anonymous · Answer

If nothing is right, what is left?
If nothing is left, what is right?

amistre64 · Answer

art died last week

anonymous · Answer

Does OpenStudy even have a Philosophy section?

amistre64 · Answer

yes, but its crammed full of math questions ;)

anonymous · Answer

For philosophy to be actually useful and come up with correct explanations, it needs to reduce to science and mathematics anyway, so that makes sense.