A skydiver jumps out of a plane from a certain height. The graph below shows their height hh in meters after tt seconds. How long is the skydiver in the air?

Question

0
Time (in seconds)
Height (in meters)
t
h
0
Time (in seconds)
Height (in meters)
(0, 2822.4)
(24, 0

Answer 1

To determine how long the skydiver is in the air, we can analyze the information provided from the graph points.

The skydiver jumps from a height of 2822.4 meters at time \( t = 0 \) seconds, and reaches a height of 0 meters at \( t = 24 \) seconds.

This means the time spent in the air can be calculated by the time between the initial jump and when the skydiver reaches the ground. Since the jump starts at \( t = 0 \) seconds and ends at \( t = 24 \) seconds when they hit the ground, we can conclude:

The skydiver is in the air for 24 seconds.