A dynamite blast blows a heavy rock straight up with a launch velocityof 160 ft/sec (about 109 mph) . It reaches a height of s = 160t - 16t2 ftafter t sec. What are the velocity and speed of the rock when it is 256 ft above the ground on the way up? On the way down?

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A dynamite blast blows a heavy rock straight up with a launch velocity
of 160 ft/sec (about 109 mph) . It reaches a height of s = 160t - 16t2 ft
after t sec. What are the velocity and speed of the rock when it is 256 ft above the ground on the
way up? On the way down?

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