SOLUTION: the distance a body falls caries directly as the square of the time that it falls. if it falls 867 meter in 17 seconds, how fas will it fall in 4 second?

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Question 635861: the distance a body falls caries directly as the square of the time that it falls. if it falls 867 meter in 17 seconds, how fas will it fall in 4 second?
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the distance a body falls caries directly as the square of the time that it falls. if it falls 867 meter in 17 seconds, how fas will it fall in 4 second?
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The distance a body falls caries directly as the square of the time that it falls. If it falls 972 meters in 18 seconds, how far will it fall in 2 seconds?
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972 = k*18^2 = 324k
k = 3
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s = kt^2 = 3*2^2
s = 12 meters in 2 seconds