To find the rate, you must divide the distance traveled by the time it took.
17.5 m is the distance while time it took was 5 seconds.
So,
17.5 ÷ 5 = 3.5 m/s
The rate of the anchor is 3.5 m/s
Note: I did not ignore the negative sign in the distance but rather acknowledged it as a magnitude. This meant that the anchor was dropping down instead of going up.
In this problem, you're looking for the value of t, so that f(t) = 48. That means if you put t into 5t-7, you'll get 48. To do this set up and solve an equation for t by setting 48 equal to 5t-7:

Isolate the variable by adding 7 to both sides.

Divide by 5 on both sides to find t.

The answer is 11.
168 students because 28% of 600 is 168.
6 / 1/3 = 18
Hope I helped!
~ Zoe
0.75^2 = 0.5625.....sq rt 0.5625 = 0.75