SOLUTION: how would you solve for a parabola and we want to find out when the parabola will hit the x, like how many seconds would it take for a point to hit the ground from a certain height

Question 799619: how would you solve for a parabola and we want to find out when the parabola will hit the x, like how many seconds would it take for a point to hit the ground from a certain height, we learned this but itsd an emergency right now
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how would you solve for a parabola and we want to find out when the parabola will hit the x, like how many seconds would it take for a point to hit the ground from a certain height, we learned this but itsd an emergency right now
:
The equation for a thrown object
h = -16t^2 + vt + c,
where
-16 is the downward force of gravity
h = the height at t seconds
v = initial velocity of thrown object
c = initial height of object (when t=0)
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