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Consider the following descriptions of the vertical motion of an object subject only to the acceleration due to gravity. A payload is dropped at an elevation of from a hot-air balloon that is descending at a rate of . Find the time when the object reaches its highest point. What is the height?
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1 of 3The objective is to determine the highest point of the object.
Since the object is free falling, the time the object reaches the highest point would be at , at the beginning of the motion.
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