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Hi,
i was wondering if someone would just mind checking my working for part c of this question bc i'm not sure if i did it right.
Here is the question:
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My working:
From part b i worked out the max height to be 44.1m.
i used s = u + 1/2 at^2
44.1 = 29.4t - 4.9t^2
4.9t^2 - 29.4t +44.1 = 0
I then used the quadratic formula to find t given that:
a = 4.9, b = -29.4 and c = 44.1, giving t = 3.

Is this correct?
Original post by kswales1
Hi,
i was wondering if someone would just mind checking my working for part c of this question bc i'm not sure if i did it right.
Here is the question:
Capture.PNG
My working:
From part b i worked out the max height to be 44.1m.
i used s = u + 1/2 at^2
44.1 = 29.4t - 4.9t^2
4.9t^2 - 29.4t +44.1 = 0
I then used the quadratic formula to find t given that:
a = 4.9, b = -29.4 and c = 44.1, giving t = 3.

Is this correct?

Why are you using s=44.1 in part c? You need the times when s = 10.
Reply 2
Original post by Plücker
Why are you using s=44.1 in part c? You need the times when s = 10.

OOH of course! my mind completely blanked lol thanks for pointing that out. other than that though, is the method correct?
Original post by kswales1
OOH of course! my mind completely blanked lol thanks for pointing that out. other than that though, is the method correct?

Yes.
Reply 4
Original post by Plücker
Yes.

Cool, thanks again! :smile:

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