document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=30172>Question 30172</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Science and medicine.  Find the time required for an object to fall to the ground from a building that is 1400 ft high.  (Use the formula t=1/4Vs_)  I'm using the V as a square root symbol.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #16914 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fermat><B>Fermat(136)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fermat><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fermat><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=16914\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula for the time taken to fall freely under gravity through a distance s is given by,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = (1/2)gtē<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since you are workng in imperial units (feeet, pounds seconds), then g = 32 ft/sē<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = (1/2)32tē<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 16tē<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tē = s/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = &#8730;(s)/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since s = 1400,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = &#8730;(1400)/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 37.417/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 9.354 s<BR>\n" );
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