Please answer the following question on Related Rates, including the knowns/unknowns, appropriate diagram and concluding statement: Bob is on a boat that is being pulled onto a dock by a rope attached to the bow of a boat and passing through a pulley on the dock that is 3 meters higher than the bow of the boat. If the rope is pulled in at a rate of 2 m/s, how fast is Bob's boat approaching the dock when it is 4

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Bob is on a boat that is being pulled onto a dock by a rope attached to the bow of a boat and passing through a pulley on the dock that is 3 meters higher than the bow of the boat. If the rope is pulled in at a rate of 2 m/s, how fast is Bob's boat approaching the dock when it is 4 meters from the dock?  

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