document.write( "Question 1178634: A ball is thrown straight up from a rooftop 432 feet high. The formula below describes the​ ball's height above the​ ground, h, in​ feet, t seconds after it was thrown. The ball misses the rooftop on its way down. The graph of the formula is shown. Determine when the​ ball's height will be 378 feet and identify the solution as a point on the graph.\r
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document.write( "    -16t^2 + 30t + 432 = 378.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite it in this equivalent form\r\n" );
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document.write( "    16t^2 - 30t - 54 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find the roots using the quadratic formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "    t = \"30+%2B-+sqrt%2830%5E2+%2B+4%2A16%2A54%29%29%2F%282%2A16%29\" = \"%2830+%2B-+sqrt%284356%29%29%2F32\" = \"%2830+%2B-+66%29%2F32\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Only positive root  t = \"%2830%2B66%29%2F32\" = \"96%2F32\" = 3 seconds is the solution to the problem.\r\n" );
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