document.write( "Question 44860This question is from textbook INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
\n" ); document.write( ": According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records stuntman Dan Koko fell a distance of 318 feet into an airbag after jumping from the Vegas World Hotel and Casino. The distance d in feet traveled by a freefalling object in t seconds is given by the formula d = 16t 2. To the nearest tenth of a second, how long did the stuntman's freefall last? \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"318+=+16%2At%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t%5E2+=+318%2F16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+%281%2F4%29%2Asqrt%28318%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+17.833+%2F+4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t+=+4.5\"$ seconds \n" ); document.write( "

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