PLEASE HELP my homework is due on midnight by email. In my math class, we are doing an experiment where we drop an egg from a 3 stories building. We have to keep the egg from breaking, or else we get a 0. I need help calculating. The time of my egg when it got drop in the ground was 1.69

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PLEASE HELP my homework is due on midnight by email.  In my math class, we are doing an experiment where we drop an egg from a 3  stories building. We have to keep the egg from breaking, or else we get a 0. I need help calculating. The time of my egg when it got drop in the ground was 1.69

anonymous · Answer

can I use this distance = v0t + (1/2)at^2

anonymous · Answer

Are you asking how long it takes? Use the distance formula, $$x(t) = x_{0} + v _{0}t + \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } at^2$$

anonymous · Answer

@ash.vasvani do you know how can I find the the acceleration

anonymous · Answer

Gravity (-9.8)

anonymous · Answer

thanks

anonymous · Answer

no prob