SOLUTION: Disregarding wind resistance, the distance a body falls from rest varies directly as the square of the time it falls. If a skydiver falls 64ft in 2 seconds, how far will he fall in
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Question 179951: Disregarding wind resistance, the distance a body falls from rest varies directly as the square of the time it falls. If a skydiver falls 64ft in 2 seconds, how far will he fall in 10 seconds?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d/t=k
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64/2=32=k
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d/10=32
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d=320 ft
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