Happy New Year. As part of a New Years Eve celebration, a huge ball is to be dropped

Chapter 10, Problem 16

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Happy New Year. As part of a New Years Eve celebration, a huge ball is to be dropped from the top of a 605-foot-tall building at the proper moment so that it strikes the ground at exactly 12:00 midnight. The distance in feet traveled by a free-falling object in seconds is given by the formula d 16t2 . To the nearest second, when should the ball be dropped from the building?

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