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A helicopter dropped a rescue package from a height of 1,296 feet. Use the formula  t=h4t=\frac{\sqrt{h}}{4}  to find how many seconds it took for the package to reach the ground.


A helicopter dropped a rescue package from a height of 1,296 feet. Use the formula t=4h8t=\frac{\sqrt{4h}}{8} to find how many seconds it took for the package to reach the ground.

On Earth, if an object is dropped from a height of h feet, the time in seconds it will take to reach the ground is found by using the formula


t=h4t=\frac{\sqrt{h}}{4}


If an object is dropped from a height of 64 feet, find t.

The skid marks of a vehicle involved in an accident were 122 feet long. Use the formula s=24ds=\sqrt{24}d  to find the speed of the vehicle before the brakes were applied.

After a car accident, the skid marks for one car measured 190 feet. Use the formula s=24ds=\sqrt{24}d  to find the speed of the car before the brakes were applied. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

An accident investigator measured the skid marks of the car. The length of the skid marks was 76 feet. Use the formula s=24ds=\sqrt{24}d  to find the speed of the car before the brakes were applied

A square painting has area 780 cm2780\ cm^2 , what is its side length?

Marissa dropped her sunglasses from a bridge 400 feet above a river. Use the formula  t=h4t=\frac{\sqrt{h}}{4} to find how many seconds it took for the sunglasses to reach the river.


A window washer dropped a squeegee from a platform 196 feet above the sidewalk. Use the formula  t=h4t=\frac{\sqrt{h}}{4}  to find how many seconds it took for the squeegee to reach the sidewalk.

A kite is secured to a rope that is tied to the ground. A breeze blows the kite so that the rope is taught while the kite is directly above a flagpole that is 30 ft from where the rope is staked down. Find the altitude of the kite if the rope is 110 ft long.