Ahh that makes so much more sense. I was originally drawing the triangle from the base of the tank. The height of the triangle is the additional height that the water moves. Thanks so much!
I used components method. I took the inverse tangent of 0.5 (ratio of 4.9/9.8) to get 26.6 degrees or so. Using this angle I couldn't get any of the listed answers, so I used the complementary angle of 63.4. This allowed me to find the opposite side of the triangle (height) which was 2.4m...
Homework Statement
Audrey McLaughlin has a vehicle with a built-in rectangular swimming pool. The pool is 2.4m long, 1.4m wide, and is partly filled with water to a constant depth of 1.2m as shown. Calculate the minimum additional height, h, to avoid water spillage when the vehicle maintains...