An egg that has been falling for x amount of seconds has been dropped at an average speed of 16x feet per second. If the egg is dropped from the top of a building, it's total distance travelled is the product of the average rate times the time. Write a simplified expression to show the distance the egg has travelled after x seconds.

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Elena Franco

30 December, 00:39

An egg that has been falling for x amount of seconds has been dropped at an average speed of 16x feet per second. If the egg is dropped from the top of a building, it's total distance travelled is the product of the average rate times the time. Write a simplified expression to show the distance the egg has travelled after x seconds.

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Buster · Answer 1

Given that distance is given by:

distance=speed*time

the distance for the egg traveling at 16x feet per second for x seconds, then

distance covered by the egg from the top to the bottom in x will be:

distance traveled

=6x*x

=6x^2 feet

the simplified expression for the distance will be 6x^2 feet.