SOLUTION: calculating hang time. find the hangtime for a golfball hit 80 feet into the air? I have t + 80 so far

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Question 550610: calculating hang time. find the hangtime for a golfball hit 80 feet into the air? I have t + 80 so far
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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t+80 has nothing to do with anything. In fact, t is a time and 80 is a distance, so you can't add them.

We have

(assume x_0 = 0) where g is approximately -32 ft/s^2.

You want to find the value of t such that (t,80) is the vertex of a quadratic polynomial. This occurs when t = -v0/g (recall that the vertex of a polynomial in the form ax^2 + bx + c occurs at x = -b/2a). Replace t with this expression, solve for v0, then find t.