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Question 253070: Can you please help me solve this problem?
A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 56 ft. per second. For how many seconds will the ball be going upward?

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Can you please help me solve this problem?
A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 56 ft. per second. For how many seconds will the ball be going upward?
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The common value for gravity on Earth is 32 ft/sec/sec.
56/32 = 1.75 seconds