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Solve the Problem h=16t2+600h = - 16 t ^ { 2 } + 600

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Solve the problem.
-A person at the top of a 600 foot tall building drops a yellow ball. The height of the yellow ball is given by the equationn h=16t2+600h = - 16 t ^ { 2 } + 600 where h is mea where h is measured in feet and t is the number of seconds since the yellow ball was
Dropped. A second person, in the same building but on a lower floor that is 516 feet from the ground, drops a
White ball 1.5 seconds after the yellow ball was dropped. The height of the white ball is given by the equation h=16(t1.5) 2+516h = - 16 ( t - 1.5 ) ^ { 2 } + 516 where h is meas where h is meaured in feet and t is the number of seconds since the yellow ball was
Dropped. Find the time that the balls are the same distance above the ground and find this distance.


A) 3 sec; 456 ft
B) 2.5 sec; 500 ft
C) 2 sec; 536 ft
D) 1.5 sec; 564 ft

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