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Coda · Posted 08-16-2017, 12:33 AM

So yeah, you're still trying to solve it the same way. Try a different approach.

You know that it started at height 3h at time 0, and at time t₁ it's at height h, and at time (t₁ + 1.30). You're assuming that its velocity at time 0 is also 0, and the acceleration is a constant g, because they didn't say otherwise.

How can you plug these values into equations you know to get information you don't know?

Note that you shouldn't get two positive answers if you do this right because the top of the parabola is defined by these initial conditions to be at t=0.

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So yeah, you're still trying to solve it the same way. Try a different approach. You know that it started at height 3h at time 0, and at time t₁ it's at height h, and at time (t₁ + 1.30). You're assuming that its velocity at time 0 is also 0, and the acceleration is a constant g, because they didn't say otherwise. How can you plug these values into equations you know to get information you don't know? Note that you shouldn't get two positive answers if you do this right because the top of the parabola is defined by these initial conditions to be at t=0. Games by Coda (updated 4/15/2024 - New game: Call of Aether) Art by Coda (updated 8/25/2022 - beatBitten and All-Nighter Simulator) Mega Man: The Light of Will (Mega Man / Green Lantern crossover: In the lead-up to the events of Mega Man 2, Dr. Wily has discovered emotional light technology. How will his creations change how humankind thinks about artificial intelligence? Sadly abandoned. Sufficient Velocity x-post)
	Posted 08-16-2017, 12:33 AM