A 'polish cannon' is used to launch a tennis ball upward at time t = 0.0 s, from a point on a roof 60 m above the ground. The tennis ball rises, then falls and hits the ground. Ignore air resistance. If the initial velocity of the ball is 37.9 m/s, then the total amount of time until the ball strikes the ground is closest to Group of answer choices A) 8.5 s B) 9.7 s C) 9.4 s D) 9.1 s E) 8.8 s

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A 'polish cannon' is used to launch a tennis ball upward at time t = 0.0 s, from a point on a roof 60 m above the ground. The tennis ball rises, then falls and hits the ground. Ignore air resistance. If the initial velocity of the ball is 37.9 m/s, then the total amount of time until the ball strikes the ground is closest to
 
Group of answer choices
A) 8.5 s
B) 9.7 s
C) 9.4 s
D) 9.1 s
E) 8.8 s
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