SOLUTION: A paperboy is riding at 9 ft/s on a bicycle and tosses a paper over his left shoulder at 25 ft/s. If the porch is 44 ft off the road, how far up the street should the paperboy rele
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Question 563769: A paperboy is riding at 9 ft/s on a bicycle and tosses a paper over his left shoulder at 25 ft/s. If the porch is 44 ft off the road, how far up the street should the paperboy release the paper to hit the porch? Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A paperboy is riding at 9 ft/s on a bicycle and tosses a paper over his left shoulder at 25 ft/s. If the porch is 44 ft off the road, how far up the street should the paperboy release the paper to hit the porch
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Time it takes for paper to reach porch=44/25 seconds
Distance up the street from porch needed to release the paper=9*44/25=15.84 ft
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