A bullet is shot upward from the top of a 384-foot tower with an initial vertical velocity of 500 ft/sec. Its height above the ground at time t seconds is given by the position function s(t) = -16t2 + 500t + 384 %3D Ignoring air resistance, to the nearest three decimal places, determine: (a) the bullet's instantaneous velocity at t=20 seconds (b) the distance above the ground of the bullet at its highest point (c) when the bullet hits the ground

A bullet is shot upward from the top of a 384-foot tower with an initial vertical velocity of 500 ft/sec. Its height above the ground at time t seconds is given by the position function s(t) = -16t2 + 500t + 384 %3D Ignoring air resistance, to the nearest three decimal places, determine: (a) the bullet's instantaneous velocity at t=20 seconds (b) the distance above the ground of the bullet at its highest point (c) when the bullet hits the ground

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3. A bullet is shot upward from the top of a 384-foot tower with an initial vertical velocity of 500 ft/sec.
Its height above the ground at time t seconds is given by the position function
s(t) = -16t? + 500t + 384
Ignoring air resistance, to the nearest three decimal places, determine:
(a) the bullet's instantaneous velocity at t=20 seconds
(b) the distance above the ground of the bullet at its highest point
(c) when the bullet hits the ground
(d) the bullets velocity when it hits the ground

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