Question

How many seconds after the egg is thrown will it be 10ft from the ground

Answer 1

Answer:

1.58

Step-by-step explanation:

Okay. We're solving for t because we need to know how many seconds. From the problem, we know the height (10), but we don't know when that height happens.

We can factor by multiplying -16 by 61 first to get -976 and see what multiplies to get -976 AND adds to get -7 at the same time. But we can also use the quadratic formula because, let's be honest, factoring can be a lot of extra work.

Plug both the plus and the minus versions into your calculator and...

There's no such thing as negative time, so -2.02 is automatically disqualified, leaving 1.58 as the answer.

Hope this helps, let me know if I missed anything!