SOLUTION: an object is thrown from a height of 1200ft with an upward velocity of 40ft/sec. How long does it take to hit the ground?
Find the difference in the time it takes to hit the gr
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Question 796771: an object is thrown from a height of 1200ft with an upward velocity of 40ft/sec. How long does it take to hit the ground?
Find the difference in the time it takes to hit the ground if the object was dropped instead of thrown
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The height at time 
of a projectile launched near the surface of the earth is given by:
\ =\ -\frac{1}{2}gt^2\ +\ v_ot\ +\ h_o)
Where 
is the acceleration due to gravity near the surface of the earth in fps units, 
is the initial velocity (positive is UP), and 
is the initial height.
For the first part of your problem, 
and 
. Solve for when \ =\ 0)
(because the height of the ground is zero, right?). Discard the negative root because you don't care what happened before you threw the ball.
For the second part, recalculate with 
, then calculate the difference between the first part answer and the second part answer.
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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