SOLUTION: Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t

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Question 624936: Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t + 170.
where t is in seconds, and height is in meters. After how many seconds will the stone hit the ground? Round to the nearest hundreth place, include units in your answer.

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Please someone help me with this problem: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 170 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8ft^2 - 10t + 170.
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I think you mean
h(t) = -4.9t^2 - 10t + 170 (on Earth)
The -10t means it's tossed downward.
check that, repost