While hovering near the top of a waterfall in a national park at 6400 feet, a helicopter pilot accidentally drops his sunglasses. The height h(t) of the sunglasses after t seconds is given by the polynomial function h(t)=-16t2+6400 When will the sunglasses hit the​ ground?

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While hovering near the top of a waterfall in a national park at 6400

feet, a helicopter pilot accidentally drops his sunglasses. The height h(t) of the sunglasses after t seconds is given by the polynomial function h(t)=-16t2+6400

When will the sunglasses hit the​ ground?

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