Question

The tip of a fisherman's fishing rod is 15 feet above the water, and he has 25 feet of line out when he feels the tug of the fish. He reels in his line at a rate of 0.5 feet per second. We are assuming that the fish is near the water surface throughout the process.

a. How much line is out after 5 seconds? Include units.

Answer 1

After reeling in the line at a consistent rate of 0.5 feet per second for 5 seconds, the fisherman would have 22.5 feet of line out.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is dealing with a physics problem that involves linear motion at a constant rate.

The fishing line is reeled in at a rate of 0.5 feet per second.

To calculate how much line is out after 5 seconds, one would subtract the amount of line reeled in from the original length of the line out.

After 5 seconds, at a rate of 0.5 feet per second, the fisherman would have reeled in 2.5 feet of line (5 seconds * 0.5 feet/second), making the new length of line out 22.5 feet (25 feet - 2.5 feet).