Solve the Ship & Rope Problem: Find Time for Rope to be Wet

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The Ship & Rope Problem involves a boat with a height of 15 meters and a rope hanging from its deck, positioned at half the third of the boat's height, which calculates to 2.5 meters above sea level. Given that the sea level rises at a constant rate of 1.75 cm/s, the rope will not become wet as the ship rises with the sea level. The rope will remain above the rising water, ensuring it stays dry regardless of the rain.

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So this one should be simple to solve with some maths.

There is a boat of height 15 metres (measured from sea-level) and there is a rope hanging from its deck so that the distance from the sea-level is half the third of the boat's height.

It is given that the sea-level is rising at the constant rate of 1.75 cm/s. After how much time will the rope be wet?
 
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As soon as it starts raining.
 
As sea level will rise, ship will also go up. The rope tied to deck will also go up and will not touch sea level.
 

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