Abig cruise ship dropped anchor off the caribbean island of barbuda. the heavy anchor was released from a height of 545454 meters above the water's surface, and it fell at a constant rate. after 353535 seconds, the anchor was 999 meters below the water's surface.

how fast did the anchor drop?

how long did it take the anchor to reach the water's surface?

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.