Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement

question 140

Multiple Choice

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
-A person at the top of a 600 foot tall building drops a yellow ball. The height of the yellow ball is given bythe equation where h is measured in feet and t is the number of seconds since the yellowball was dropped. A second person, in the same building but on a lower floor that is 180 feet from theground, drops a white ball 3.5 seconds after the yellow ball was dropped. The height of the white ball isgiven by the equation where h is measured in feet and t is the number of secondssince the yellow ball was dropped. Find the time that the balls are the same distance above the ground andfind this distance.

• A)5.5 sec; 116 ft
• B)4.5 sec; 276 ft
• C)5 sec; 200 ft
• D)6 sec; 24 ft

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