riddle

Oh, I just got it! The ladder will rise with the ship? Trick question!

The ladder rises with the ship xD

Most ladders do not have a rung at the very bottom or top, so a 10 foot ladder would have nine rungs. It would take nine hours for the rising water to cover all the rungs.

ughhhhhhhh tempted to say 9 hours but your going to say something like the water would have sunk the ship by the time it reaches the top rung. All things being equal I would say 10ft Ladder = 9 rungs so it would take the water 9 hours at 1ft per hour but I am no mathematician. Now let apply physics to this question. 9ft of water covering a ship up to this ladder you mention. Probably likely to cause the ship to break in half as the water would weaken the structures and make the ship too heavy to stay a float. This is what happened with the Titanic, the force of the water ripped the ship in two. Now in the Ferry Disaster the weight of the water sunk the ferry. Answer please lol

you havent mentioned whether the ladder is placed standing on the ship or if it is kept lying on the ship. if the ladder is posted against some wall or something,then the water would take ten hours to cover the entire ladder. in case the ladder is kept supine, i dunno how is one gonna calculate the time for water to cover all the rungs.