Question

a boat drops an anchor 17.5 feet to the bottom of a lake. If the anchor falls at a rate of 0.07 feet each second, how long will it take the anchor to reach the bottom of the lake? plz show work Help being grade!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

It will take 250 seconds for it to reach the bottom. To find this I did 17.5 divided by .07.

Answer 2

Time, t = 250 seconds

Explanation:

Speed with anchor with which it falls, v = 0.07 ft/s

A boat drops an anchor 17.5 feet to the bottom of a lake, d = 17.5 ft

Let t is the time taken by the anchor to reach the bottom of the lake. The speed of the anchor is given by :

`v=(d)/(t)`

`t=(d)/(v)`

`t=(17.5\ ft)/(0.07\ ft/s)`

t = 250 seconds

So, the time taken by the anchor to reach the bottom of the lake is 250 seconds. Hence, this is the required solution.