document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=528830>Question 528830</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please help me with this problem. Can you show how to write the equation as well?  Thank you!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A building is 862 feet tall. Use the function h(t) = 16t2 to approximate how long it would take an object to fall from the top. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round to the nearest tenth. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hint: h is your height<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round to the nearest tenth. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I assume you mean the time to hit the ground, h = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It falls 862 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16t^2 = 862<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t =~ 7.3 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually the equation is written as<BR>\n" );
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