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8.6 Exercise 98

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve. Round approximations to one decimal place.

Gravity A hang glider dropped his cell phone from a height of 350 feet. Use the formula t=h4t = \frac{\sqrt{h}}{4} to find how many seconds it took for the cell phone to reach the ground.

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