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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( "The ground is height zero, so set <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large h(t)\ =\ 0\"> and solve 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 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -16t^2\ -\ 62t\ +\ 188\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> and exclude any negative root.  Hint:  It factors -- 16 times -1 is -16, 16 times 2 plus -1 times 94 is -62, and 94 times 2 is 188.\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" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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