A squirrel jumps down from a tall tree. Assuming the squirrel is in free fall, how far will it have fallen in 1.5 seconds?

A. 9.2 m
B. 7.4 m
C. 5.1 m
D. 11.0 m

Question

A squirrel jumps down from a tall tree. Assuming the squirrel is in free fall, how far will it have fallen in 1.5 seconds?

 		A.	9.2 m
 		B.	7.4 m
 		C.	5.1 m
 		D.	11.0 m

anonymous · Answer

is it a flying squirrel haha

anonymous · Answer

@Catlover5925 help?

radar · Answer

"tall" is ambigious,  Make the question read,"A squirrel jumps from the top of a tree, the squirrel hits the ground 1.5 seconds later.  How tall is the tree?  In meters?

radar · Answer

Use the formula: $$d=.5\times g \times t ^{2}$$Where d = distance in meters, g = 9.8 meters per second squated.  and t = time in seconds.

radar · Answer

*squared

radar · Answer

$$d=0.5\times 9.8 \times 1.5^{2}$$
Note.  The tree had to be a certain height or higher to allow a free fall of 1.5 seconds.

radar · Answer

That would also be the answer to the question posted.  Without the squirrel hitting the ground in less than 1.5 seconds lol.

radar · Answer

If you want the answer to be in ft. convert meters to feet, or plugh the gravityu (g) value of 32 ft/sec^2 rather than 9.8 m/sec^2.

radar · Answer

They want the answer in meters, as all of their options for answers are in meters.