SOLUTION: A scene from an adventure film calls for a stunt dummy to be dropped from above the second-story platform of the Eiffel Tower, a distance of 400 feet. Its height h(t) at time t is
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Question 800851: A scene from an adventure film calls for a stunt dummy to be dropped from above the second-story platform of the Eiffel Tower, a distance of 400 feet. Its height h(t) at time t is given by h(t)= -16t^2 + 400. Determine algebraically how long before the stunt dummy reaches the ground
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
height h(t) at time t is given by h(t)= -16t^2 + 400.
Height from which it is dropped = 400 ft
When it touches the ground h(t) =0
-16t^2+400=0
16t^2=400
t^2=25
t=5 seconds
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