SOLUTION: The distance that a freely falling body falls varies directly as the square of the time it falls. If a body falls 400 feet in 5 seconds, how far does it fall in 3 seconds?

SOLUTION: The distance that a freely falling body falls varies directly as the square of the time it falls. If a body falls 400 feet in 5 seconds, how far does it fall in 3 seconds?

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Question 212786: The distance that a freely falling body falls varies directly as the square of the time it falls. If a body falls 400 feet in 5 seconds, how far does it fall in 3 seconds?
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