Problema Solution
According to the Guinness book of world records 1998, stuntman Dan Koko fell a distance of 312 feet into an airbag after jumping from the vegas world hotel and casino. The distance d in feet traveled by a tree-falling object in t seconds is given by the formula d=16t^2. To the nearest tenth of. Second, how long did the fall last?
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d=16t^2
Here, d = 312 feet.
so to calculate t we have,
312 = 16 t^2
hence t^2 = 19.5
Hence, t = 4.4158 sec
= 4.42 sec