Question

A tornado lifts a truck 252 m above the ground. As the storm continues, the tornado throws the truck horizontally. It lands 560 m away from where it was picked up. How fast was the truck traveling horizontally through its flight? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. m/s

Answer 1

78.1 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

rounded to the nearest tenth

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Answer 2

78.1 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

The time it takes to fall from 252 meters above the ground is about ...

252 = 4.9t^2

√(252/4.9) = t = 7.1714 . . . seconds

Then the horizontal speed is ...

speed = distance/time

speed = 560 m/(7.1714 s) = 78.088 m/s

The horizontal speed is about 78.1 m/s.

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That's about 281 km/hour.