Question

Joan went fishing. On the first cast she hooked a fish 80 feet from the boat. Each

time she reeled in 10 feet of line, the fish would take out 5 feet. How many times
she have to reel in to get the fish to the boat?

Answer 1

15 times.

Explanation:

The last reel would be when the fish is 10 feet from the boat.

Before that she has to reel 70/5 = 14 times.

Answer is 15 times.