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A boat is anchored in the water. At low tide, the boat is floating 20 feet above the seafloor and is a horizontal distance of 40 feet away from its anchor. At high tide, the boat is a horizontal distance of 35 feet away from its anchor.



Approximately how high is the boat floating above the seafloor at high tide? Assume the anchor rope remains tight, without any slack.

Answer 1

The boat is floating 20 feet above the seafloor at high tide.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to determine the height that the boat is floating above the seafloor at high tide, we can use the information given about the distances at low tide and high tide.

At low tide, the boat is floating 20 feet above the seafloor and is a horizontal distance of 40 feet away from its anchor. At high tide, the boat is a horizontal distance of 35 feet away from its anchor.

Since the anchor rope remains tight without any slack, we can assume that the vertical distance between the boat and the seafloor remains constant between low tide and high tide.

Therefore, at high tide, the boat is still floating 20 feet above the seafloor.

Answer 2

It's 27.8

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