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?

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Shadow · Answer

Hello, how far along are you with this problem?

DeepBeyond · Answer

well i think i got an answer

Shadow · Answer

If the rungs are a foot apart from each other, then three rungs is three feet, which can be rewritten as 36 inches ( since 12 inches = 1ft).

If the rate is 6in per hour, then divide 36 by the rate to get the number of hours it would take.

DeepBeyond · Answer

oh that seems a bit easy lol