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?

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To solve this problem solve the equation

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

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