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If a steel I-beam falls from the top of a 96 foot high building, how long before it hits the ground? (if an object is given an initial velocity v feet per second from a height of S feet it's height after t seconds is given by: S = -16t^2 + vt + s)

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This shows how to calculate time to a height of zero for a given situation.

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