SOLUTION: I am desperate please help if you can. Allen uses a slingshot to shoot a marble from a window. The height of the marble h(t) in feet at time (t) seconds is given by h(t)=16t^2-6

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Question 514371: I am desperate please help if you can.
Allen uses a slingshot to shoot a marble from a window. The height of the marble h(t) in feet at time (t) seconds is given by h(t)=16t^2-62t+188. How many seconds elapse before the marble hits the ground?
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Answer by htmentor(1343) About Me  (Show Source):
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Allen uses a slingshot to shoot a marble from a window. The height of the marble h(t) in feet at time (t) seconds is given by h(t)=16t^2-62t+188. How many seconds elapse before the marble hits the ground?
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This is a parabola that opens up. So the way you've written the equation, the marble can NEVER hit the ground.