Question

A cat falls out of a tree and takes 1.4 seconds to land safely on its paws on the ground how many meters did the cat fall ?

Answer 1

To solve this, we are going to use the distance of a free fallen object:
`d=0.5gt^2`
where

`d` is the distance

`g` is the gravity of the Earth
`9.8m/s^2`

`t` is the time in seconds

We know form our problem that a cat falls out of a tree and takes 1.4 seconds to land,
`t=1.4`. Lets replace that value in our formula to find
`d`:

`d=0.5gt^2`

`d=0.5(9.8)(1.4)^2`

`d=9.604` meters

We can conclude that the cat fell a distance of 9.604 meters.