A Rowboat is floating in a harbour, and a man is using a long rope to pull the boat toward the harbour wall. When the man has moved 1 meter, how far has the boat moved? Check one of the answers below and provide your reasoning.
Exactly 1 meter___
More than 1 meter___
Less than 1 meter___
Anyone with a respectable answer will be given 5 stars and 10 points!!!
P.S. Believe it or not, this is a geometry question!
2006-09-23 09:26:20 · 5 answers · asked by Socom 3 player 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
What I typed is what I was given...
What I am thinking is that there is no current and no wind, although it would be nice to explain what it would be if there was a current and wind.
Just do your best.
2006-09-23 09:40:28 · update #1
Less than 1 meter
when he moves 1 meter the boat is moving sideways as well as toward the wall
2006-09-23 09:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by imwatch420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two answers
Either he is in the boat, or out of it.
If he is in the boat, and pulling it along, then the boat has also moved one meter.
Otherwise, this is a right triangle problem. Do you have the distance from the boat to the harbor wall? Or the height of the wall?
This is a pythagorean therum problem
A squared +b squared = c squared.
2006-09-23 16:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Moe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You fail to give critical info. The man is moving, but is the rope? I mean, is he holding the rope and pulling it as he moves, or is he loetting out/ pulling in the rope as he moves? Is there a current? And in which direction are the man and the boat moving??? And where is the man?
2006-09-23 16:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by Angela M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than a meter because the if man moves exactly a meter then the boat will move farther because the water provides very little friction meaning it will keep moving
2006-09-23 16:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somehow I suspect there's a diagram or a sketch that goes with this geometry question, and because we don't have it, we don't have enough information to provide an intelligent answer.
2006-09-23 17:07:48 · answer #5 · answered by Graythebruce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋