document.write( "Question 1089138: if a body is dropped, the distance (s meters) through which it falls freely in t seconds is approximately 16t^2.
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document.write( "    The form of the equation for freely falling body  \"distance = 16*t^2\" assumes that the distance is in feet, not in meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It is your MISTAKE in the condition to relate the distance to meters.\r\n" );
document.write( "    It must be in feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "a.  Show that the distances through which it falls during the first, second, third,..... forms an AP?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    - See the lesson  Free fall and arithmetic progressions  in this site. It is explained there in all details.\r\n" );
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document.write( "b.  How far will the body fall in the tenth second?    Answer. ,  or, which is the same,  ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "c. How far will it fall the 20 seconds?                Answer. In  feet.\r\n" );
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