Question

an acorn if falling from 13 feet in the air. If it descends 4.8 feet every second, write and solve an equation to determine how long it will take for the acorn to be 1 foot above the ground

Answer 1

Explanation:

To solve this - determine how long it takes the acron to fall 12 feet.

At that point it will be 1 foot above ground. 13-1 = 12 so you are solving for how long it takes for the acorn to fall 12 feet.

Make a proportion:

seconds = 1 = x

distance 4.8 12

If the acorn falls 4.8 feet every second, how long does it take to fall 12 feet, which is one foot above the ground.

Cross multiply: 4.8x= 12 (1)

4.8x = 12

divide each side by 4.8

4.8x/4.8 = 12/4.8

x = 2.5

It takes 2.5 seconds to be one foot above the ground or fall 12 feet.