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A skydiver jumped from a plane at 1000 ft. Ten seconds into the jump she looked at her altimeter and read 800 ft. How far did she fall in one second?

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Answer:

she drops at 20 ft per second

Explanation:

if she drops 200 ft per 10 seconds, then you would divide 200 by 10 to get 20 ft per second

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20ft because in ten seconds it was 200ft difference the divide by 20 which is 20ft
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