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A balloon is rising straight up with a speed of 3.0 m/s. A ballast bag is released from rest relative to the balloon when it is 9.5 m above the ground. How much time elapses before the ballast bag hits the ground?

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It finds the time it takes for a ballast bag to hit ground. The ballast bag was released from a rising balloon.

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