Recent content by Natedogg

Thanks for the response. Basically in a perfect world you could use all the parameters to calculate this but for the matter of getting an estimate I think we could neglect the turbulence and maybe tension. I'm am by now means a physics major but this problem is going to be used in current...

Homework Statement I have a boat moving at 2.3 mph towing a plankton net in water weighting 8.5lbs. I want the net to be towed at a depth of 10m from the surface. How much rope do I need to let out from the boat? Homework Equations basic trig sin=cos=tan The Attempt at a...