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where tiny bit = volume of anchor / surface area of lake. if the boat moves some because it isn't properly anchored, then presumably there would be more tension on the chain and thus a net rise in water level. of course, the problem initially never describes a chain & introducing the effects of one makes the problem far less tractable.


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