A golf ball is hit from the ground with an initial velocity of 208 ft./s. assume the starting height of the ball is 0 feet. how long will it take the golfball to hit the ground?
13 sec
21 sec
42 sec
6 sec
check the picture below, it hits the ground at y = 0
thus
[tex]\bf \qquad \textit{initial velocity}\\\\
\begin{array}{llll}
\qquad \textit{in feet}\\\\
h(t) = -16t^2+v_ot+h_o
\end{array}
\quad
\begin{cases}
v_o=\textit{initial velocity of the object}\\
h_o=\textit{initial height of the object}\\
h=\textit{height of the object at "t" seconds}\\
----------\\
v_o=208\\
h_o=0
\end{cases}[/tex]