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A parachuter falls from an altitude of 4500 yards to 1500 yards over 3 minutes. What

is his average distance fallen over the three minutes?
1500 yards per
minute
-1000 yards per
minute
-1500 yards per
minute
1000 yards per
minute

User SamTech
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Answer:

1350 yds

Explanation:

User Zulqurnain Abbas
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Answer:-1000 yards per minute

Step-by-step explanation:Well first your going down not up so it’s gonna be a negative and not a positive and they fell 3000 ft in 3 minutes it would be 1000 ft per minute for it to make sense

User David Schmidt
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