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The good ship Algebra lay at anchor in Montreal Harbour. An interested spectator observed that a ladder was dangling from her deck; that the bottom five rungs of the ladder were submerged; that each rung was 5 cm wide and that the rungs were 21 cm apart. The tide was rising at the rate of 32 cm per hour. At the end of two hours, how many rungs would be submerged? 3,

The good ship Algebra lay at anchor in Montreal Harbour. An interested spectator observed that a ladder was dangling from her deck; that the bottom five rungs of the ladder were submerged; that each rung was 5 cm wide and that the rungs were 21 cm apart. The tide was rising at the rate of 32 cm per hour. At the end of two hours, how many rungs would be submerged? 3,

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The good ship Algebra lay at anchor in Montreal Harbour. An interested spectator observed that a ladder was dangling from her deck; that the bottom five rungs of the ladder were submerged; that each rung was 5 cm wide and that the rungs were 21 cm apart. The tide was rising at the rate of 32 cm per hour. At the end of two hours, how many rungs would be submerged? 3.
Transcribed Image Text:The good ship Algebra lay at anchor in Montreal Harbour. An interested spectator observed that a ladder was dangling from her deck; that the bottom five rungs of the ladder were submerged; that each rung was 5 cm wide and that the rungs were 21 cm apart. The tide was rising at the rate of 32 cm per hour. At the end of two hours, how many rungs would be submerged? 3.
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