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An object is thrown down from the top of a building. A height function for the object is given by the equation
h = 16(8 + t)(5- t)
where tis the number of seconds elapsed since the object was thrown and h is the height of the object above the ground (in feet). Explain how to reason about the structure of the equation to determine when the object will hit the ground.
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