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To calculate: How far captain can see if he is 10 m above the water .Given if his ship is 4m above the water he can see about 30m across the ocean. also given the height of a person is above the water is directly proportional to the square of the distance .
Answer to Problem 4P
The distance of ship
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The height of a person is above the water is directly proportional to the square of the distance.
Let, distance = d
height = h .
So
Let k be a constant
Also given, if his ship is 4m above the water and he can see about 30m across the ocean.
If he is 4m above the water and he can see about 30m across the ocean
Put the value of distance and height to get value of k .
Solve further to get k .
Now, put the value of h and k equation 1 to get the value of d .
Solve further to get d .
Changing it to nearest tenth.
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