If you make multiple measurements of your height, you are likely to find that the results vary by nearly half an inch in either direction due to measurement error and actual variations in height. You are slightly shorter in the evening, after gravity has compressed and reshaped your spine over the course of a day. One measurement of a man's height is 6 feet and 1 inch. Express his height in meters, using the appropriate number of significant figures.

H = 1.85 m

Explanation:

First, we will convert the height completely into inches. 1 feet contains 12 inches in it. Therefore:

H = (6 feet)(12 inch/1 feet) + 1 inch

H = 73 inches

Now, we will convert this height from inches to meters. 1 inch is equivalent to 0.0254 m. Therefore:

H = (73 inches)(0.0254 m/1 inch)

H = 1.85 m

0.11 m/s and 0.28 m/s should be correct

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.