A juggler tosses a bowling pin in the air with an initial velocity of 18 ft per second. It leaves his hand when it is five feet from the ground and he catches it when it is four feet from the ground?

Complete Question

A juggler tosses a bowling pin in the air with an initial velocity of 18 ft per second. It leaves his hand when it is five feet from the ground and he catches it when it is four feet from the ground,How long is the ball in the air?

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

Initial velocity  

Initial Height    

Final Height    

Generally the Newtons equation for motion is mathematically given by

Where

And

Therefore

Generally the equation for Time is mathematically Given as

Therefore the time spent on air by the ball is

there are lots of ways.   pick's theorem tells us if the vertices are lattice points the area a is

a = b/2 + i - 1

where b is the number of boundary lattice points and i is the number of interior lattice points.

in the figure i count b=16, i=50 so

a = 8 + 50 - 1 = 57

let's try the shoelace formula.   the area is half the sum of the cross products of the sides.  

a(-2,6)   -2(2)-6(-5) = 26

b(-5,2)   -5(-3) - 2(-2) = 19

c(-2,-3) -2(-3) - (-3)(4) = 18

d(4,-3)   4(3) - (-3)(5) = 27

e(5,3)   5(3) - 3(1) = 12

f(1,3)     1(6) - 3(-2) = 12

a(-2,6)

each of the cross products is twice the area of the triangle with the associated side and one vertex the origin. so the area of abo=26/2=13.

area = (1/2) (26 + 19 +   18 + 27 + 12 + 12) = 57

that checks!