A small toy rocket is launched from a 24-foot pad. The height (h, in feet) of the rocket t seconds after
taking off is given by the formula
h = - 2t^2+ 2t + 24.
How long will it take the rocket to hit the
ground?

Since we want to know the time when the height is 0, we can rewrite the problem as [tex]0=-2t^2+2t+24[/tex]. From there, we can plug it into the quadratic formula, which gives us [tex]\frac{-2-\sqrt{4-4(-2)(24)} }{2(-2)}[/tex](Since it's a real-world problem and we have a negative denominator, we won't be using the positive square root). We simplify this to get [tex]\frac{-2-\sqrt{196} }{-4}[/tex], then [tex]\frac{-2-14}{-4}[/tex]. Finally, we can calculate this to be 4 seconds.

A small toy rocket is launched from a 24-foot pad. The height (h, in feet) of the rocket t seconds after taking off is given by the formula h = - 2t^2+ 2t + 24. How long will it take the rocket to hit the ground?

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A small toy rocket is launched from a 24-foot pad. The height (h, in feet) of the rocket t seconds after
taking off is given by the formula
h = - 2t^2+ 2t + 24.
How long will it take the rocket to hit the
ground?