SOLUTION: One way to determine about how many seconds it will take an object to hit the ground after it is dropped from the a certain number of feet above the ground is to divide the number

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Question 801892: One way to determine about how many seconds it will take an object to hit the ground after it is dropped from the a certain number of feet above the ground is to divide the number of feet by 16 and then take the square root of the result. About how many seconds will it take a ball dropped from 100 ft above the ground to hit the ground?
A. 2(1/2)
B. 4
C. 10
D. 16
E. 40
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100/16 = 6.25
sqrt%286.25%29
= 2.5
A 2 1/2 seconds.
Hope this helps.
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