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9.8 Exercise 245

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve. Round approximations to one decimal place.

A helicopter dropped a package from a height of 900 feet above a stranded hiker. Use the formula t=h4t = \frac{\sqrt{h}}{4} to find how many seconds it took for the package to reach the hiker.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 9.8 Rational Exponents, exercise 245

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