document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60816>Question 60816</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height h in feet of an object after t seconds is given by the function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=-16t^2+40t+6. How long will it take the object to hit the ground? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #41786 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=hayek><B>hayek(51)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=hayek><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=41786\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It hits when h=0, so:<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=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=at%5E2%2Bbt%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"at%5E2%2Bbt%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6+=+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=t%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%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=%2840%29%5E2-4%2A-16%2A6=1984 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%2840%29%5E2-4%2A-16%2A6=1984\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=1984 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+=+%28-40%2B-sqrt%28+1984+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-40%2B-sqrt%28+1984+%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=t%5B1%5D+=+%28-%2840%29%2Bsqrt%28+1984+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+-0.141941090707505 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5B1%5D+=+%28-%2840%29%2Bsqrt%28+1984+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+-0.141941090707505\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5B2%5D+=+%28-%2840%29-sqrt%28+1984+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+2.64194109070751 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5B2%5D+=+%28-%2840%29-sqrt%28+1984+%29%29%2F2%5C-16+=+2.64194109070751\"   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=-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6\"   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=-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6+=+-16%28t--0.141941090707505%29%2A%28t-2.64194109070751%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-16t%5E2%2B40t%2B6+=+-16%28t--0.141941090707505%29%2A%28t-2.64194109070751%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: -0.141941090707505, 2.64194109070751.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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