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Free-Falling Object In Exercises 37 and 38, use the position function s(t) = –4.9t2 + 250, which gives the height (in meters) of an object that has fallen for t seconds from a height of 250 meters. The velocity at time t = a seconds is given by
When will the object hit the ground? At what velocity will the object impact the ground?
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- Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:Cengage