SOLUTION: As a publicity stunt, a late night talk show host drops a pumpkin from a rooftop that is 200 feet high. When will the pumpkin hit the ground, the nearest hundredth of a second?

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Question 1083121: As a publicity stunt, a late night talk show host drops a pumpkin from a rooftop that is 200 feet high. When will the pumpkin hit the ground, the nearest hundredth of a second?
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As a publicity stunt, a late night talk show host drops a pumpkin from a rooftop that is 200 feet high. When will the pumpkin hit the ground, the nearest hundredth of a second?
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s = at^2/2 = 16t^2
t = sqrt(s/16) = sqrt(200/16) seconds