document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=514405>Question 514405</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Allen uses a slingshot to shoot a marble from a window. The height of the marble h(t) in feet at time (t) seconds is given by h(t)=-16t^2-62t+188.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many seconds elapse before the marble hits the ground? Thank you.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How many seconds elapse before the marble hits the ground?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve -16t^2-62t+188 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8t^2-31t+94 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 2 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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