Homework Help: algebra

Posted by leigh on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 7:45pm.

5. 16t2 gives the distance in feet a free-falling object falls in t seconds.
16t2 + 10t gives the distance an object falls in t seconds when it is thrown down with an initial velocity of 10 feet per second. Use this polynomials to:

a. Find how far a wallet dropped from the 86th-floor observatory of the Empire State Building will fall in 5 seconds.

algebra - Henry, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 7:14pm
d = 16t^2.
t = 5 seconds.
d is in feet.
algebra - Henry, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 7:17pm
d = 16t^2.
t = 5 seconds.
d is in feet.

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