document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=311625>Question 311625</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Gary is standing on a dock 2.0m above the water. He is pulling in a boat that is attached to the end of a 5.2 m rope.  If he pulls in 2.3 m of rope, how far did he move the boat? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "rope tied to a boat = 5.2 meters.( hypotenuse)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt ((5.2)^2 -(2)^2) = distance of boat from foot of the dock<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4.8 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the rope is pulled in by 2.3 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the rope's length to the boat = 2.9 meter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "vertical height = 2 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt ((2.9)^2-(2)^2)= 2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the boat is 2.1 meters from the foot of the dock.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boat has moved from 4.8 meters to 2.1 meters  from the foot of the dock<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So he has moved the boat by 2.7 meters.<BR>\n" );
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