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Please help with calculus!?

To estimate the height of a building, a weight is dropped from the top of the building into a pool at ground level. How high is the building if the splash is seen 9.2 seconds after the weight is dropped?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    you know the acceleration due to gravity is

    -32 feet per second

    then the velocity function is the anti derivative of that

    v(t) = -32 t

    (there is no '+c' in this function since the initial velocity is 0)

    then the position function is the anti derivative of that.

    s(t) = -16t^2 + c

    we set this to zero and put in 9.2 for t

    -16(9.2)^2 + c = 0

    solving you find c = 1354.24

    and this is the height of the building.

  • gtatix
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    This is actually a physics question.

    d = 1/2at^2

    a = -9.8m/s^2

    t = 9.2 s

    d = 1/2 x -9.8m/s^2 x 9.2^2s^2

    d = 414.736 meters

    The building is 414.736 meters tall.

    Maybe you are supposed to use calculus for this - if so, hopefully someone else can add some input.

    I have forgotten almost everything I knew about calculus.

    I'd need a few hours to refresh!

    Source(s): ME
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