46. In designing a stunt for the next installment of the great Christmas film Die Hard, John McClane jumps from the top story of a building under construction into the construction elevator containing the villain, Franz Mengele. If the elevator the elevator, where is travels downward at 2.5 m/s, and is 8.0-m below John when he steps off of the structure to fall the elevator when John McClane lands next to Franz Mengele to save the day? ax²+bx+c = 0
46. In designing a stunt for the next installment of the great Christmas film Die Hard, John McClane jumps from the top story of a building under construction into the construction elevator containing the villain, Franz Mengele. If the elevator the elevator, where is travels downward at 2.5 m/s, and is 8.0-m below John when he steps off of the structure to fall the elevator when John McClane lands next to Franz Mengele to save the day? ax²+bx+c = 0
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![46. In designing a stunt for the next installment of the great Christmas film Die Hard, John McClane jumps from the top
story of a building under construction into the construction elevator containing the villain, Franz Mengele. If the elevator
travels downward at 2.5 m/s, and is 8.0-m below John when he steps off of the structure to fall to the elevator, where is
the elevator when John McClane lands next to Franz Mengele to save the day?
ax² + bx+c = 0
x =
-b ± √b² - 4ac
2a](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5291c828-454c-4de6-8ebd-725d01cdd0a1%2F7dade14e-6dcc-4c5d-a222-c070e2266c5c%2Fj1m7e49_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:46. In designing a stunt for the next installment of the great Christmas film Die Hard, John McClane jumps from the top
story of a building under construction into the construction elevator containing the villain, Franz Mengele. If the elevator
travels downward at 2.5 m/s, and is 8.0-m below John when he steps off of the structure to fall to the elevator, where is
the elevator when John McClane lands next to Franz Mengele to save the day?
ax² + bx+c = 0
x =
-b ± √b² - 4ac
2a
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