Billy Joe Mccallister jumped off the Tallachatchie Bridge, 70 ft above the water with a bungee cord tied to his legs. If he was 6 ft above the water 2 sec after jumping then what was the average rate of change of his altitude as the time varied from 0 to 2 sec?
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Billy Joe Mccallister jumped off the Tallachatchie Bridge, 70 ft above the water with a bungee cord tied to his legs. If he was 6 ft above the water 2 sec after jumping then what was the average rate of change of his altitude as the time varied from 0 to 2 sec?
At the initial point t=0, then he was 70 ft high.
After 2 seconds he was 6 ft high.
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