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A boat is being pulled toward a dock as shown in the
figure to the right. If the rope is being pulled in at the
rate of 1 foot per second, how fast is the distance
between the dock and the boat decreasing when it is
Rope
3 ft
Вoat
Dock
2 feet from the dock?
The distance between the dock and the boat is decreasing by
1.803
feet per second
when the boat is 2 feet from the dock.
(Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:A boat is being pulled toward a dock as shown in the figure to the right. If the rope is being pulled in at the rate of 1 foot per second, how fast is the distance between the dock and the boat decreasing when it is Rope 3 ft Вoat Dock 2 feet from the dock? The distance between the dock and the boat is decreasing by 1.803 feet per second when the boat is 2 feet from the dock. (Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)
A boat is being pulled toward a dock as shown in the figure to the right. If the rope is being pulled in at the rate of 1
foot per second, how fast is the distance between the dock and the boat decreasing when it is 3 feet from the dock?
Rope
Boat
Dock
The distance between the dock and the boat is decreasing by
(Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)
feet per second when the boat is 3 feet from the dock.
Transcribed Image Text:A boat is being pulled toward a dock as shown in the figure to the right. If the rope is being pulled in at the rate of 1 foot per second, how fast is the distance between the dock and the boat decreasing when it is 3 feet from the dock? Rope Boat Dock The distance between the dock and the boat is decreasing by (Round to the nearest thousandth as needed.) feet per second when the boat is 3 feet from the dock.
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