From the Roof of a Building 100 Feet Above the Ground

question 47

Multiple Choice

From the roof of a building 100 feet above the ground, you toss a coin upward with an initial velocity of 6 feet per second. The height h (in feet) of the coin at time t (in seconds) after it is tossed is modeled by $h = - 16 t ^ { 2 } + 6 t + 100$ . Find the time when the coin is again 100 feet above the ground.

• A) \(\frac { 3 } { 8 }\) second
• B)0 second
• C) \(\frac { 3 } { 16 }\) second
• D) \(\frac { 3 } { 4 }\) second
• E) \(\frac { 8 } { 3 }\) seconds

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