an arrow is shot vertically upward from a platform 17 ft high at a rate of 168 feet per second. When will the arrow hit the ground?

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anonymous · Answer

oh lol yeah. i could probably solve this here for ya

anonymous · Answer

:)

anonymous · Answer

$$h=-16t ^{2}+v _{0}t+h _{0}$$    this is the formula to use.

anonymous · Answer

any luck? I'm kinda stuck

anonymous · Answer

yeah kinda just about to solve it

anonymous · Answer

i have the time to get to the platform just gotta get the other bit

anonymous · Answer

oh ok, Thanks so much

anonymous · Answer

i wrote a program to solve for this lol so ill just use that

anonymous · Answer

i'm on the program and tried to plug the numbers in to have it solved but I can't seem to find the answer i need

anonymous · Answer

forgot to convert

anonymous · Answer

i get 5.629

anonymous · Answer

im pretty sure thats right not totally is it hw you have to hand in?

anonymous · Answer

it's online so i'll know in a second if it's correct. it says to round to the nearest tenth. so I should type in 5.63?

anonymous · Answer

yeah

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks!

anonymous · Answer

let me know if its right

anonymous · Answer

nah. it's 10.6 it's ok though. THanks for trying

anonymous · Answer

damn. do you lose points for that?

anonymous · Answer

I can only get 2 wrong out of 11 so i had to start over