If you jump out of an airplane and your parachute fails to open, your downward velocity (in

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If you jump out of an airplane and your parachute fails to open, your downward velocity (in meters per second) t seconds after the jump is approximated by v(t) = 49(1 − (0.8187)t).

(a) Write an expression for the distance you fall in T seconds.
(b) If you jump from 5000 meters above the ground, estimate, using trial and error, how many seconds you fall before hitting the ground.

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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