SOLUTION: The distance a body falls from rest is directly proportional to the square of the time of the fall. If skydivers fall 144 feet in 3 seconds, how will they fall in 10 seconds?

Question 1208724: The distance a body falls from rest is directly proportional to the square of the time of the fall. If skydivers fall 144 feet in 3 seconds, how will they fall in 10 seconds?
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A somewhat informal solution.... I will leave it to other tutors to provide a more formal solution if they want to.

The ratio of times is 10:3...
so the square of the ratio of times is 100:9...
so the ratio of distances fallen is 100:9

(144)*(100/9)=100*16 = 1600

ANSWER: 1600 feet

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