Find the acceleration of the specified object. (Hint: Recall that if a variable is changing at a constant rate, its acceleration is zero.) A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 15 feet above the deck of the boat (see figure). The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 7 feet per second. Find the acceleration (in ft/sec?) of the boat when there is a total of 17 feet of rope out. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) ft/sec? y fr

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Find the acceleration of the specifled object. (Hint: Recall that if a varlable is changing at a constant rate, its acceleration is zero.)
A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 15 feet above the deck of the boat (see figure). The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 7
feet per second. Find the acceleration (In ft/sec?) of the boat when there is a total of 17 feet of rope out. (Round your answer to three
decimal places.)
ft/sec?
y ft
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Transcribed Image Text:Find the acceleration of the specifled object. (Hint: Recall that if a varlable is changing at a constant rate, its acceleration is zero.) A boat is pulled into a dock by means of a winch 15 feet above the deck of the boat (see figure). The winch pulls in rope at a rate of 7 feet per second. Find the acceleration (In ft/sec?) of the boat when there is a total of 17 feet of rope out. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) ft/sec? y ft Not drawn to scale
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Here, we have to find the acceleration of the boat.

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.

And velocity is the rate of change of displacement with time.

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