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document.write( "Suppose a baseball is shot up from the ground straight up with an initial velocity of 32 feet per second. A function can be created by expressing distance above the ground, s, as a function of time, t. This function is s = -16t2 + v0t + s0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "• 16 represents ½g, the gravitational pull due to gravity (measured in feet per second 2). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "• v0 is the initial velocity (how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "• s0 is the initial distance above ground (in feet). If you are standing on the ground, then s0 = 0. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How long will it take to hit the ground? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "• 16 represents ½g, the gravitational pull due to gravity (measured in feet per second 2). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "• v0 is the initial velocity (how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "• s0 is the initial distance above ground (in feet). If you are standing on the ground, then s0 = 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s(t) = -16t^2+32t+0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How long will it take to hit the ground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When it hits the ground s(t)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for \"t\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16t^2+32t=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16t(t-2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 0 or t=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will start at the ground and be back on the ground after 2 seconds.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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