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A parachutist's rate during a free fall reaches 198 kilometers per hour. What is this rate in meters per second? At this rate, how many meters will the parachutist fall during 10 seconds of free fall?
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A parachutist's rate during a free fall reaches 198 kilometers per hour. What is this rate in meters per second? At this rate, how many meters will the parachutist fall during 10 seconds of free fall? Do not round your answers.

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(198 km/hr) x (1000 m/km) x (1 hr / 3600 sec) =

198,000/3,600 m/sec = 55 m/s

At that rate in 10 sec, (55) x (10) = 550 meters are covered.

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