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Homework Statement
A ball is launched from a height of 1.9m with a speed of 40 m/s at an angle of 10 degrees above the horizontal. Find the total time in the air.
Homework Equations
## y_f = y_0 + v_0y t + \frac{1}{2} t^2 ##
The Attempt at a Solution
Taking y0 = 1.9 m and v0 = 40sin(10), then using the quadratic formula, I got the answers t = 1.65 or t = -0.23. Clearly the former is what we need. However, my solutions guide got t = 3.3 instead (that is, double my answer). The solution guide used the equation ## t = \frac{-v_0 sin(θ) - \sqrt{v_0^2 sin^2(θ) + 2gy_0}}{-\frac{1}{2}g} ## and got 3.3 seconds. Why is this the case?