document.write( "Question 117873: A ball is thrown upward from the roof of a building 100 m tall with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #85888 by MathLover1(20849)\"\" \"About 
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First we need to find out \"how\"\"+high\" the ball will go \"before\" it starts falling back to Earth.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"vf+=+v%5Bo%5D+%2B+at\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0+=+20+-+9.81t\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"9.81t+=+20\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t+=+20%2F%289.81%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t+=+%282.04%29+s\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+v%5Bo%5Dt+%2B+%281%2F2%29at%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+20%282.04%29+%2B+%281%2F2%29%28-9.81%29%282.04%29%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+20%282.04%29+%2B+4.9%2A4.16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+40.8+-+20.4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+%2820.4%29+m\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now \"to\"\"+get\"\"+to\"\"+80m\" it must travel back the \"20.4m\" to the top of the roof and\"+then\"\"+fall\" another \"20+m\" for a total of \"%2840.4%29+m\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+%281%2F2%29at%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"40.4+=+%281%2F2%29%289.81%29t%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t+=+%282.87%29+s\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The \"total\"\"+time\" is \"%282.04%29s+%2B+%282.87%29s+=+%284.91%29+s\".
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