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A boat is anchored in the water. At low tide, the boat is floating 20 feet above the seafloor and is a horizontal distance of 40 feet away from its anchor. At high tide, the boat is a horizontal distance of 35 feet away from its anchor.



Approximately how high is the boat floating above the seafloor at high tide? Assume the anchor rope remains tight, without any slack.

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The height of the boat floating above the seafloor at high tide is 17.5 feet

Triangle similarity theorem.

The ratio of the similar sides of the triangles is equal to a constant. In order to determine how high the boat is, we will use the ratio below;

20/40 =x/35

Determine the value of x

40x = 20 * 35
40x =700

x = 700/40
x = 17.5feet

Hence the height of the boat floating above the seafloor at high tide is 17.5 feet

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