According to legend, in 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei dropped two rocks of different weights from the top of the Leaning Tower

of Pisa. He wanted to show that the rocks would hit the ground at the same time.

Given that the tower's height is about 177 feet, how long would it have taken for

the rocks to hit the ground?

1

To solve this problem solve the equation

O= 16t² + 177 Round to the hundrettes place,

Don't forget

to label your

answer

Evaluate 8x2 + 9x − 1 2x3 + 3x2 − 2x dx. solution since the degree of the numerator is less than the degree of the denominator, we don't need to divide. we factor the denominator as 2x3 + 3x2 − 2x = x(2x2 + 3x − 2) = x(2x − 1)(x + 2). since the denominator has three distinct linear factors, the partial fraction decomposition of the integrand has the form† 8x2 + 9x − 1 x(2x − 1)(x + 2) = correct: your answer is correct. to determine the values of a, b, and c, we multiply both sides of this equation by the product of the denominators, x(2x − 1)(x + 2), obtaining 8x2 + 9x − 1 = a correct: your answer is correct. (x + 2) + bx(x + 2) + cx(2x − 1).