document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56269>Question 56269</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618306056/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra with applications</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An object is released from a plane at an altitude of 1600 ft. The initial velocity is 0 ft/s. How many seconds later will the object hit the ground?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the formula d=vt+16t^2, where d is the distance in feet, v is the initial velocity in feet per second, and t is the time in seconds </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the formula <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d=vt%2B16t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d=vt%2B16t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where d is the distance in feet, v is the initial velocity in feet per second, and t is the time in seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d=1600, v=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1600=%280%29t%2B16t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1600=%280%29t%2B16t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1600=16t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1600=16t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1600%2F16=16t%5E2%2F16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1600%2F16=16t%5E2%2F16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100=t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100=t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2B-sqrt%28100%29=sqrt%28t%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2B-sqrt%28100%29=sqrt%28t%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  -time is meaningless so go with +.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10=t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10=t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The object will hit the ground in 10 s.<BR>\n" );
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