document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1116133>Question 1116133</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ball is launched into the sky at 272 feet per second from the roof of a skyscraper 1,344 feet tall. The equation for the ball’s height h at time t seconds is h = -16t2 + 272t + 1344. When will the ball strike the ground? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can simplify that equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One solution you want and the other you do not want. </SPAN>\n" );
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