document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=277256>Question 277256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi I was wondering if I could have help with this word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A skydiver jumps out of a plane that is flying 2500 metres above the ground. The skydiver's height, h, in metres, above the ground after t seconds is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "h(t)=2500-4.9t^2. The skydiver's parachute opens at 1000 m above the ground. After how many seconds does this happen? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am in a calculus course, so I am farmiliar with differentiation, and have already derived this function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No calculus required here.  Just substitute 1000 for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large h(t)\"> and solve the resulting equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2500\ -\ 4.9t^2\ =\ 1000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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