An arrow is shot vertically upward from a platform 33ft high at a rate of 214ft/sec. when will the arrow hit the ground? use the formula: h=−16t2+v0t+h0. (round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

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Answer:

The arrow will hit the floor in 13,5 seconds.

Explanation:

For this exercise, we have a quadratic equation that is the way (for this exercise) to calculate the time when the arrow will hit the floor, it means that the h (y) will be 0.

We have the following equation:

[tex]h=-16 t^{2} +Vo.t+h0[/tex]

This is a quadratic equation, so we are going to use the next formula:

[tex]\frac{-b+- \sqrt{ b^{2}-(4).(a).(c} }{2.(a)}[/tex]

Substituting we have:

[tex]\frac{-214+- \sqrt{ 214^{2}-(4).(-16).(33)} }{2.(-16)}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{-214+- \sqrt{ 45796+2212} }{(-32)}=\frac{-214+- \sqrt{48008} }{(-32)} \\ =\frac{-214+-219,10 }{(-32)}[/tex]

We have 2 different results,  we are looking for a positive result because we are calculating a time value. 

Then:

[tex]t1=13,52s \\ t2=-0,17s[/tex]

So, we are choosing t1 because it's the positive result.

Finally, we have that the arrow will hit the floor in 13,5 seconds approximately.

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