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An object is thrown upward from the top of a 160 foot building with an initial velocity of 144 feet per second. the height h of the object after t seconds is given by the quadratic equation


h = - 16t ^(2) + 144t + 160
when will the object hit the ground?

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The object will hit the ground after 10 seconds.
An object is thrown upward from the top of a 160 foot building with an initial velocity-example-1