SOLUTION: An object dropped from a building passed you on the fifth floor three seconds later. If the fifth floor is 98 feet from the ground, how tall is the building?

Question 253268: An object dropped from a building passed you on the fifth floor three seconds later. If the fifth floor is 98 feet from the ground, how tall is the building?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/2*g*t^2=1/2*32*3^2
16*9=144 ft
144+98=242 feet tall