This is a related rates problem with a twist.

Suppose you have a street light at a height . You drop a rock vertically so that it hits the ground at a distance from the street light. Denote the height of the rock by . The shadow of the rock moves along the ground. Let denote the distance of the shadow from the point where the rock impacts the ground. Of course, and are both functions of time. To enter your answer into WeBWorK use the notation to denote : Then the speed of the shadow at any time while the rock is in the air is given by (where is an expression depending on , , , and (You will find that drops out of your calculation.) Now consider the time at which the rock hits the ground. At that time The speed of the shadow at that time is where your answer is an expression depending on , , and .
Hint: Use similar triangles and implicit differentiation. For the second part of the problem you will need to compute a limit.

You can earn partial credit on this problem.