To solve this we are going to use the free distance fallen formula:
where
is the distance
is the gravity of Earth
is the time in seconds
We know from our problem that the
penny fell off the top of the building and hit the sidewalk below 3.1 seconds later, so
. Lets replace the value in our formula:
meters
We can conclude that the penny fell a distance of 47.098 meters
An hour is 60 minutes, divide 60 by 20(that equals 3), then multiply 3 by 3 to get the answer 9 pages.