Solve the Problem $$h = 16 t ^ { 2 }$$

question 165

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-As part of a physics experiment, Ming drops a baseball from the top of a 310-foot building. To the nearest tenth of a second, for how many seconds will the baseball fall? (Hint: Use the formula h $$h = 16 t ^ { 2 }$$ , which gives the
Distance h, in feet, that a free-falling object travels in t seconds.)

• A) 19.4 sec
• B) 1.1 sec
• C) 4.4 sec
• D) 77.5 sec