SOLUTION: You jump off a diving board with an initial vertical velocity of 15 ft/sec. If the diving board is 30 feet above the water, how long will it take to hit the water?

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Question 985283: You jump off a diving board with an initial vertical velocity of 15 ft/sec. If the diving board is 30 feet above the water, how long will it take to hit the water?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


This is really a physics problem because you did not provide the height function.



Plug in the values:



Since the water is height zero, set the function equal to zero and solve for . Exclude any negative root.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it