Question

A parachutist's rate during a free fall reaches 165 feet per second. What is this rate in meters per second? At this rate, how many meters will the parachutist fall during 5 seconds of free fall? In your computations, assume that 1 meter is equal to 3.3 feet. Do not round your answers.

Answer 1

Answer:
`250\ m`

Explanation:

Assuming that:

`1\ m=3.3\ ft`

We can make the conversion from feet per second to meters per second with this procedure:

`(165\ (ft)/(s))((1\ m)/(3.3\ ft))=50\ (m)/(s)`

Let be "x" the amount of meters the parachutist will fall during 5 seconds of free fall

Knowing that in 1 second the parachutist falls 50 meters, we can calculate "x" by solving the following multiplication:

`x=(50\ (m)/(s))(5\ s)\\\\x=250\ m`