A winch tows a boat to a dock. The rope is attached to the boat at a

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A winch tows a boat to a dock. The rope is attached to the boat at a point 15 feet below the level of the winch (see figure).
15 ft Not drawn to scale

(a) Use the Pythagorean Theorem to write an equation giving the relationship between l and x.
(b) Find the distance from the boat to the dock when the length l is 75feet.

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