SOLUTION: A ball travels at 320 feet per second, how long will it take to travel 800 feet? I have to solve using a quadratic formula help!!!!!!

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Question 542790: A ball travels at 320 feet per second, how long will it take to travel 800 feet? I have to solve using a quadratic formula help!!!!!!

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


There is no way to construe your problem as stated so that there is a need for the quadratic formula. Distance equals rate times time, so time is equal to distance divided by rate. Divide 800 by 320 to yield the average speed in feet per second.

John

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