Vertical Motion In Exercises 27 and 28, use the position function
A ball is thrown straight down from the top of a 600-foot building with an initial velocity of -30 feet per second.
(a) Determine the position and velocity functions for the ball.
(b) Determine the average velocity on the interval [1, 3]
(c) Find the instantaneous velocities when
(d) Find the time required for the ball to reach ground level.
(e) Find the velocity of the ball at impact.
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