Question

ramos was falling through the air of 30feet per second. how many feet did ramos fall in the 110 seconds before she opened her parachute?

Answer 1

That would depend upon her average speed during the 110 seconds of falling. If she had been in free fall with no air resistance, she would have reached a velocity of g t = 3500 ft/s in 110 seconds. Since her actual velocity when the parachute starts to open in much less, she must have been at or near the terminal velocity of 30 ft/s (44 mph) during most of the free fall.

So a good approximation to the answer is 110 s x 30 ft/s = 3300 feet

Answer 2

THANK YOU

Answer 3

Actually 30 ft/s is 20.5 mph. That seems like a very slow limiting velocity for someone falling out of an airplane.

I still believe they expect you to answer 3300 feet.