If a ball is thrown upward at 128 feet per second from the top of a building that is 120 feet high, the height of the ball is given by S = 120 + 128t − 16t2 feet where t is the number of seconds after the ball is thrown. How long after it is thrown is the height 120 feet?
If a ball is thrown upward at 128 feet per second from the top of a building that is 120 feet high, the height of the ball is given by S = 120 + 128t − 16t2 feet where t is the number of seconds after the ball is thrown. How long after it is thrown is the height 120 feet?
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If a ball is thrown upward at 128 feet per second from the top of a building that is 120 feet high, the height of the ball is given by
S = 120 + 128t − 16t2 feet
where t is the number of seconds after the ball is thrown. How long after it is thrown is the height 120 feet?
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