Question

A parachutist's rate during a free fall reaches 60 meters per second. What is this rate in feet per second? At this rate, how many feet will the parachutist fall during 2 seconds of free fall? In your computations, assume that 1 meter is equal to 3.3 feet. Do not round your answers.

Answer 1

Question 1.) The rate is 198 feet per second.
Question 2.) The parachutist will fall 396 feet in 2 seconds of free fall.

Explanation:

We have to first convert 60 meters into feet.
According to the question, we know that 1 meter is 3.3 feet. So use this equation to get 60 meters into feet.
3.3 x 60 = 198

This is in 1 second of free fall. We have to find 2 seconds of freefall so we multiply this by 2.
198 x 2 = 396 feet in 2 seconds of free fall.

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