To determine the height of a flagpole, Abby throws a ball straight up and times it. She sees that the ball goes by the top of the pole after 0.537 s and then reaches the top of the pole again after a total elapsed time of 4.57 s. How high is the pole above the point where the ball was launched? CHOOSE ONE: 13 m 12 m 26 m 10 m 16 m
To determine the height of a flagpole, Abby throws a ball straight up and times it. She sees that the ball goes by the top of the pole after 0.537 s and then reaches the top of the pole again after a total elapsed time of 4.57 s. How high is the pole above the point where the ball was launched?
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Given :
Time taken to reach the pole from initial position (A to B), t1 = 0.537 s
Time taken to reach the pole from maximum height (C to B'), t2 = 4.57 s
Determine the height of the flagpole from the point where the ball was launched.
Let h be the height of the flagpole and h1 be the height travelled by the ball above the pole(i.e., from B to C to B').
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