A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?
2006-09-20 15:28:40 · 24 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Oh my boat, it will float
on top of the sea...
throw me a rope
will be my hope
will not go under the sea
Oh my boat, for it does
float.........and so does my rope!
2006-09-20 16:03:49 · answer #1 · answered by *ELiZaH* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will never be covered.
Basically because the boat is floating on water.
Unless there is extra weight on the boat or, the boat is actually landed ashore, the rungs should not even be covered by the surface of the water at all.
2006-09-20 15:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by apacheon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hypothetically speaking the boat will float, however if it for some weird reason didnt, than it would take 5 hours to completly cover three rungs.
The first rung is on the surface and not covered, so the first hour is that.
Do the math, five hours to completely submerge three.
5 hours
2006-09-20 15:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The boat nor rope would not move downward but float as they are now.
your rope would not become covered wiht water regardles of how fast the tide rises. It satays the same wiht the bottom rung on top of the surface:):)
sneaky lil question; thnaks:)
2006-09-20 15:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the tide goes up, and the boat is floating, then would the rope not be at the same distance from the water at all times? In other words, it would never reach it.
2006-09-20 15:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Jamie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oooooh you are the tricky one aren't you? IF the boat is floating on the water and not sitting on the shore.... the rungs will never be covered.
Isn't it funny how those type questions can play with our minds?
2006-09-20 15:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no time, the ladder is hanging from a boat, the ladder will float up or down with boat in tide
2006-09-20 15:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by kip 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wait a minute. if its a rope ladder, doesnt that mean it will float?
besides, if the tide rises, the boat and the ladder will rise with it.
2006-09-20 15:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by rustik 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 hours for the 3rd rung to be at the surface and over 4 hours for it to be underwater
2006-09-20 15:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by tj 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the bottom rung will always touch the surface of water,not sink
2006-09-20 16:30:08 · answer #10 · answered by Star R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋