SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation tutors! An object is launched directly upward at 64m/sec from a platform 80m high. Its path is modeled by the equation {{{ h=-16t^2 + 64t + 8

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Question 920925: Please help me solve this equation tutors!
An object is launched directly upward at 64m/sec from a platform 80m high. Its path is modeled by the equation +h=-16t%5E2+%2B+64t+%2B+80+ where h is the height abobe the ground and t is the time in seconds.

a) When will the object hit the ground?
b) What will be the object's maximum height?
c) When will it attain this height
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+h=-16t%5E2+%2B+64t+%2B+80+
h = -16(t -2)^2 + 64 + 80
h = -16(t -2)^2 + 144
a) When will the object hit the ground?
0 = -16(t -2)^2 + 144
(t -2)^2 = 9
t -2 = 3
t = 5 sec
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h = -16(t -2)^2 + 144
b) What will be the object's maximum height? 144m
c) When will it attain this height: 2sec