A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The expression #4.9x^2# gives the distance in meters the ball has fallen after #x# seconds. What is the expression that gives the distance in meters the ball has fallen after # x^2# seconds?
1 Answer
Mar 11, 2018
Wouldn't it be just
Explanation:
Well, we have the distance that the ball has traveled after
In other words, we can let
That means, if we want to find the distance that the ball has traveled after
Plugging that into the equation, we get