We know that:
- the height in feet t seconds after launch is given by
And we must find the times that the projectil will reach a height of 80ft and when v0 = 96 feet per second
To find it we need to replace s = 80 and v0 = 96 in the formula
Then, we must solve the equation for t
1. we must move all terms aside
2. we must extract the common factor 16
3. we must factor
4. we must solve for t
We have two possible results
ANSWER:
A. 1, 5 seconds