Question 732177: After touchdown, a landing aircraft travels 200 feet the first second, 160 feet the next second, 121 feet the third second, and so on. How many feet will the plane travel in 10 seconds?
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Answer by lynnlo(4176)   (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(53426)  (Show Source):
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After touchdown, a landing aircraft travels 200 feet the first second, 160 feet the next second,
121 feet the third second, and so on. How many feet will the plane travel in 10 seconds?
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As it is worded in the post, the "problem" makes no sense.
The words "and so on" in this context have no any reasonable mathematical meaning..
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