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suter [353]
3 years ago
13

A ball is thrown downward from the top of a 240​-foot building with an initial velocity of 12 feet per second. The height of the

ball h in feet after t seconds is given by the equation h=-16t^2 - 12t + 240. How long after the ball is thrown will it strike the​ ground?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alexandra [31]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

16t^2 +12 t -240 =0

And we can use the quadratic formula given by:

t = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 -4ac}}{2a}

Where a = 16, b = 12, c =-240. And replacing we got:

t = \frac{-12 \pm \sqrt{(12^2) -4*(16)(-240)}}{2*16}

And after solve we got:

t_1 = 3.516 s , t_2 = -4.266s

Since the time cannot be negative our final solution would be t = 3.516 s  

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the following function given:

h(t) = -16t^2 -12 t +240

And we want to find how long after the ball is thrown will it strike the​ ground, so we want to find the value of t that makes the equation of h equal to 0

0 = -16t^2 -12 t +240

And we can rewrite the expression like this:

16t^2 +12 t -240 =0

And we can use the quadratic formula given by:

t = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 -4ac}}{2a}

Where a = 16, b = 12, c =-240. And replacing we got:

t = \frac{-12 \pm \sqrt{(12^2) -4*(16)(-240)}}{2*16}

And after solve we got:

t_1 = 3.516 s , t_2 = -4.266s

Since the time cannot be negative our final solution would be t = 3.516 s  

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