document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=598560>Question 598560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a cartoon, a malfunctioning cannon fires a hungry coyote towards the bottom of a cliff with an initial rate of 100 feet per second. if the cliff is 1250 feet tall, how long will it take the coyote to reach the desert floor? ( To account for gravity, use the formula d=rt + 16t^2 , where d = distance, r= inital rate,and t=time).  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #378634 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=378634\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a cartoon, a malfunctioning cannon fires a hungry coyote towards the bottom of a cliff with an initial rate of 100 feet per second. if the cliff is 1250 feet tall, how long will it take the coyote to reach the desert floor? ( To account for gravity, use the formula d=rt + 16t^2 , where d = distance, r= inital rate,and t=time).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = -16t^2 + rt + h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = initial height = 1250 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = -100 ft/sec, negative going down<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = -16t^2 - 100t + 1250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find t when h(t) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16t^2 - 100t + 1250 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=solve_quadratic_equation.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-100%29%5E2-4%2A-16%2A1250=90000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-100%29%5E2-4%2A-16%2A1250=90000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=90000 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--100%2B-sqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--100%2B-sqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-100%29%2Bsqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+-12.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-100%29%2Bsqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+-12.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-100%29-sqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+6.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-100%29-sqrt%28+90000+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+6.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250+=+%28x--12.5%29%2A%28x-6.25%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16x%5E2%2B-100x%2B1250+=+%28x--12.5%29%2A%28x-6.25%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: -12.5, 6.25.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+-16%2Ax%5E2%2B-100%2Ax%2B1250+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+-16%2Ax%5E2%2B-100%2Ax%2B1250+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD></TR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignore the negative solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6.25 seconds<BR>\n" );
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