document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183269>Question 1183269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A baseball player throws a baseball from a height of 1 m above the ground and its height is given by the equation 𝒉 = −𝟑.2t^𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐.𝟖t + 𝟏, where 𝒉 is the height in metres above the ground, and t, in seconds, is its time in the air [see the image below]. When, to the nearest tenth of a second, will the ball hit the ground? You must solve by factoring\r<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 #813498 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52781)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=813498\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation 𝒉 = −𝟑.2t^𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐.𝟖t + 𝟏, where 𝒉 is the height in metres above the ground, and t, in seconds, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is its time in the air [see the image below]. When, to the nearest tenth of a second, will the ball <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<H3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The request to solve by factoring this quadratic equation \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with non-integer coefficients is &nbsp;&nbsp;<I>I D I O T I C</I>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is not factorable (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also, the quadratic function for the height is written INCORRECTLY.</H3>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello, &nbsp;I noticed this style writing &nbsp;\"metres\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I recalled that I solved several problems couple of days ago for a visitor who used &nbsp;\"metres\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I assumed that this visitor has some preliminary knowledge on the subject, &nbsp;but now I see that this knowledge is zero \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "not only in these &nbsp;\"flight problems\", &nbsp;but &nbsp;UNIFORMLY &nbsp;over all the &nbsp;Math . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello, &nbsp;if it is so, &nbsp;then &nbsp;&nbsp;P L E A S E &nbsp;&nbsp;do not try to create your own problems <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and do not litter the &nbsp;Internet by posting them . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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