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-A Window Washer Accidentally Drops a Bucket from the Top

question 17

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-A window washer accidentally drops a bucket from the top of a 144-foot building. The height $h$ of the bucket after $\mathrm { t }$ seconds is given by $\mathrm { h } = - 16 \mathrm { t } ^ { 2 } + 144$ . When will the bucket hit the ground?

• A) \(3 \mathrm { sec }\)
• B) \(9 \mathrm { sec }\)
• C) \(48 \mathrm { sec }\)
• D) \(- 3 \mathrm { sec }\)

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