SOLUTION: billy jumped off the bridge, 70 ft above the water, with a bungee cord tied to his legs. If he was 6 ft above the water 2 sec after jumping, then what ws the average rate of chang

Question 826451: billy jumped off the bridge, 70 ft above the water, with a bungee cord tied to his legs. If he was 6 ft above the water 2 sec after jumping, then what ws the average rate of change of his altitude as the time varied from 0 to 2 sec?
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
average rate of change is:

         Total distance
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Total time to travel the total distance

In this problem it would be:
ft/sec.
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