SOLUTION: A newspaper delivery person in a car is tossing folded newspapers from the car window to driveways. the speed of the car is 30 feet per secound and the driver does not slow down. t

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Question 334675: A newspaper delivery person in a car is tossing folded newspapers from the car window to driveways. the speed of the car is 30 feet per secound and the driver does not slow down. the newspapers are tossed horizontally from a height of 4 feet above the ground. the height of the papers as they are thrown can be modeled by y=-16t^2+4 and the distance they travel to the driveway is d=30t.
a. how long does it take for a newspaper to land?
b. from how many feet before the driveway must the papers be thrown?
c. the delivery person starts to throw the newspapers at an angle and the height of the papers as they can now be modeled by y=-16t^2+12t+4. how long does it take the papers reach the ground now?

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a. Set and solve for

b. Substitute the result of part a into

c. Set and solve for


John

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