Not drawn to seale (a) The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 1.2 meters per second. Determine the speed of the boat when there is 4.8 meters of rope out. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 2 meters above the deck of the boat.
4.8 m
2.0 m
Not drawn to scale
(a) The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 1.2 meters per second. Determine the speed of the boat when there is 4.8 meters of rope out. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
m/sec
What happens to the speed of the boat as it gets closer to the dock?
The speed of the boat --Select---
v as it approaches the dock.
(b) Suppose the boat is moving at a constant rate of 1.2 meters per second. Determine the speed at which the winch pulls in rope when there is a total of 4.8 meters of rope out. (Round
your answer to two decimal places.)
m/sec
What happens to the speed at which the winch pulls in rope as the boat gets closer to the dock?
The speed at which the winch pulls in rope -Select--
Transcribed Image Text:A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 2 meters above the deck of the boat. 4.8 m 2.0 m Not drawn to scale (a) The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 1.2 meters per second. Determine the speed of the boat when there is 4.8 meters of rope out. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) m/sec What happens to the speed of the boat as it gets closer to the dock? The speed of the boat --Select--- v as it approaches the dock. (b) Suppose the boat is moving at a constant rate of 1.2 meters per second. Determine the speed at which the winch pulls in rope when there is a total of 4.8 meters of rope out. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) m/sec What happens to the speed at which the winch pulls in rope as the boat gets closer to the dock? The speed at which the winch pulls in rope -Select--
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