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title: "A baseball is tossed from street level by a student straight up at a speed of 25.3 m/s. After reaching maximum height, it is caught by another student on the roof of a building, 17.4 m above the street. How long did this take? "
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# A baseball is tossed from street level by a student straight up at a speed of 25.3 m/s. After reaching maximum height, it is caught by another student on the roof of a building, 17.4 m above the street. How long did this take? 

A baseball is tossed from street level by a student straight up at a speed of \(25.3 \text{ m/s}\). After reaching maximum height, it is caught by another student on the roof of a building, \(17.4 \text{ m}\) above the street. How long did this take?

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