SOLUTION: Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2

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Question 624936: Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t + 170.
where t is in seconds, and height is in meters. After how many seconds will the stone hit the ground? Round to the nearest hundreth place, include units in your answer.
Answer by Alan3354(31487) (Show Source):
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Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t + 170.
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I think you mean
h(t) = -4.9t^2 - 10t + 170 (on Earth)
The -10t means it's tossed downward.
check that, repost

SOLUTION: Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t