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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 5:22pm.

A spotlight on a boat is y = 2.7 m above the water, and the light strikes the water at a point that is x = 8.6 m horizontally displaced from the spotlight (see the drawing). The depth of the water is 4.0 m. Determine the distance d, which locates the point where the light strikes the bottom.

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