Suppose you throw a baseball into the air with an initial upward velocity of 29 ft/s and an initial height of 6ft. The formula h(t) = -16t ^2 + 29t + 6 (^ means to the power of. So exponents), gives the ball’s height, h, in feet at time, t, in seconds. Find the number of seconds that pass before th ball hits the ground!

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[tex]\bf ~~~~~~\textit{initial velocity} \\\\ \begin{array}{llll} ~~~~~~\textit{in feet} \\\\ h(t) = -16t^2+v_ot+h_o \end{array} \quad \begin{cases} v_o=\stackrel{29}{\textit{initial velocity of the object}}\\\\ h_o=\stackrel{6}{\textit{initial height of the object}}\\\\ h=\stackrel{}{\textit{height of the object at "t" seconds}} \end{cases} \\\\\\ h(t)=-16t^2+29+6\implies \stackrel{h(t)}{0}=-16t^2+29+6 \\\\\\ 16t^2-29-6=0\implies (16t+3)(t-2)=0\implies t= \begin{cases} -\frac{3}{16}\\\\ \boxed{2} \end{cases}[/tex]

it cannot be a negative value, since it's seconds after the ball went up, so is not -3/16.
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The number of seconds which pass before the baseball hits the ground which is thrown into the air with an initial upward velocity of 29 ft/s is 2 seconds.

What is the equation of motion?

The equation of motion is the relation between the distance, velocity, acceleration and time of a moving body.

A baseball is thrown into the air with an initial upward velocity of 29 ft/s and an initial height of 6ft.

The formula which gives the ball’s height, h, in feet at time, t, in seconds is,

[tex]h(t) = -16t ^2 + 29t + 6[/tex]

When the ball hits the ground, the height of the baseball is zero. Thus,

[tex]h(t) = -16t ^2 + 29t + 6\\0 = -16t ^2 + 29t + 6\\16t ^2 - 29t - 6=0[/tex]

On solving this quadratic equation, we get the roots of it as 2 and -3/16. Taking positive root, the time taken is 2 seconds.

Thus, the number of seconds which pass before the baseball hits the ground which is thrown into the air with an initial upward velocity of 29 ft/s is 2 seconds.

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