When it hits the ground the height would be 0.
Set h to 0 and solve for t ( time)
0 = -16t^2 + 112t + 144 divide both sides by -16:
T^2 -7t -9
Factor the polynomial :
( t- 8.1) (t+1.1
Solve for t setting each equation to 0:
T = 8.1 or t = -1.1
Time has to be positive, so the answer is
8.1 seconds
Depending on how everything gets rounded it could also be 8 seconds.
check the picture below.
so the playground is really just 3 rectangles and one triangle, now the triangle has a base of 8 and a height of 6. We can simply get the area of each figure, sum them up and that's the area of the playground.
