A mooring pole for a boat has one-third of its length in the sea-bed and one-sixth of its length in the water at low tide. At high tide, the top of the pole is 1 metre out of the water. If there is a 2-metre difference between? (continue in Details)

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the levels of low and high tides, how long is the mooring pole?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T18:06:43

I got #6m# but check my diagram...I am not sure I interpreted the question correctly...

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