ebaines
Oct 28, 2010, 08:02 AM
Are you asking: if an object is thrown into the air and it takes 3.4 seconds to hit the ground, what is its initial vertical velocity? If so, use
y = y_0 + v_0 t - \frac 1 2 g t^2
Set y and y_0 to 0, and solve for v_0 .