A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 12 feet above the deck of the boat. (a) The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 4 feet per second. Determine the speed of the boat when there is 15 feet of rope out.

the speed of the boat is 6.67 ft/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given;

height of the winch, h = 12 ft

the rate at which the winch pulls, the rope, = 4 ft/s

This form a right triangle problem;

let the height of the right triangle = h

let the base of the triangle = b (this corresponds to the horizontal displacement of the boat)

let the hypotenuse side = c

c² = b² + h²

Therefore, the speed of the boat is 6.67 ft/s

the answer is 175.4379

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