SOLUTION: Gravity causes a body to fall 16ft during the 1st second, 48ft during the 2nd second, 80 ft in 3rd second, and so on. how far did the body fall during the 8th second and find the t

Question 950610: Gravity causes a body to fall 16ft during the 1st second, 48ft during the 2nd second, 80 ft in 3rd second, and so on. how far did the body fall during the 8th second and find the total distance it falls after 8 seconds?(SHOW YOUR COMPLETE SOLUTION)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Gravity causes a body to fall 16ft during the 1st second, 48ft during the 2nd second, 80 ft in 3rd second, and so on. how far did the body fall during the 8th second
f(t) = 32t - 16
f(t) = 32(8) - 16
f(t) = 240 ft during the 8th second
:
and find the total distance it falls after 8 seconds?
F(t) = 16t^2
F(t) = 16(8^2)
F(t) = 1024 ft total distance fallen
RELATED QUESTIONS
An object falling from rest in a vacum near the surface of the earth falls 16 feet during (answered by ewatrrr)

Can someone please walk me through this? If an object is in free fall, the sequence... (answered by solver91311)

If an object is in free fall, the sequence 16, 48, 80, ... represents the distance in... (answered by Alan3354)

In the absence of friction, a freely falling body will fall about 16 feet the first... (answered by greenestamps)

A freely falling body,starting from rest,falls 16 ft during the first second,48 ft during (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A ball starting from rest rolls down an inclined plane and passes over 3 in. during the... (answered by ikleyn)

.During a free-fall, a skydiver jumps 16 feet, 48 feet, and 80 feet on the first,... (answered by macston)

a body falls freely from the top of the toeer and during last second of the fall ,it... (answered by Alan3354,ikleyn)