SOLUTION: A rocket is shot into the air and travels h = −4.9t^2 +30t + 45 where h is the height of the object and t is in seconds. What is the time when the object hits the ground to the n

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Question 1137871: A rocket is shot into the air and travels h = −4.9t^2 +30t + 45 where h is the height of the object and t is in seconds. What is the time when the object hits the ground to the nearest tenth of a second?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Alan3354:
Answer by ikleyn(52777)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It will happen when h(t) = 0.


To determine this time moment, you need to solve this quadratic equation


    -4.9t^2 + 30t + 45 = 0.


I will leave the solution to you.

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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That is not a rocket.
It's a projectile.
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Rocket launches, by NASA and others, are sometimes televised.
They don't just fall back to Earth.
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