SOLUTION: Parker throws a ball of a top of a building. The building is 350 ft tall and the initial velocity 30 ft sec find out how long it takes ball to reach the ground by solving this equa

Question 742314: Parker throws a ball of a top of a building. The building is 350 ft tall and the initial velocity 30 ft sec find out how long it takes ball to reach the ground by solving this equation -16x^2-30x+350

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Parker throws a ball of a top of a building. The building is 350 ft tall and the initial velocity 30 ft sec find out how long it takes ball to reach the ground by solving this equation -16x^2-30x+350 = 0
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Use the quadratic formula to get:
x = 3.8326 seconds
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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