You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a penny off the edge of a cliff. The distance the penny will fall is 16 feet the first second, 48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so on in an arithmetic sequence. What is the total distance the object fall in 6 seconds?

Question

You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a penny off the edge of a cliff. The distance the penny will fall is 16 feet the first second, 48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so  on in an arithmetic sequence. What is the total distance the object fall in 6 seconds?

Reiny · Accepted Answer

distance = 16t^2 when t = 6 distance = 16(6^2) = 576 ft btw, It might be a federal offense to drop a coin into the Grand Canyon.