Free fall On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner stepped off a balloon capsule at an altitude of almost 39 km above Earthβs surface and began his free fall. His velocity in m/s during the fall is given in the figure. It is claimed that Felix reached the speed of sound 34 seconds into his fall and that he continued to fall at supersonic speed for 30 seconds. (Source: http://www.redbullstratos.com)
(a) Divide the interval [34, 64] into n = 5 subintervals with the gridpoints xβ = 34 , xβ = 40 , xβ = 46 , xβ = 52 , xβ = 58 , and xβ
= 64. Use left and right Riemann sums to estimate how far Felix fell while traveling at supersonic speed.