Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8:19pm.

You can find the distance d an object falls in feet for time t in seconds using the formula d= 16t^2. Suppose a ball is dropped out of a window of a tall building. How far will the ball in 3 seconds?

a 144 ft
b 96 ft
c 48 ft
d 16 ft

plz explain how to do this? thanks !!!

math - bobpursley, Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8:27pm
d= 16*9=? The 9 is time squared.

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