Math 310 Average vs. Instantaneous Velocity Week 3 Scenario: You were hiking over the weekend with friends. You decide to take a picture of the beautiful landscape before you as you stand on the edge of a 300 ft cliff and as luck would have it, you drop your phone as you get it out of your pocket. It falls 300 ft to the bottom of the cliff. As a calculus student you know that the path your phone takes is represented by the following equation: h = 162 h0 where h is the height of the object (ft) at time (sec) and h0 is the initial height (ft). Therefore the following equation represents your situation. h = 162 300