A hot air balloon is rising straight up at a constant speed of 7.86 m/s. When the balloon is 13.0 m above the ground, a gun fires a pellet straight up from ground level with an initial speed of 29.8 m/s. Along the paths of the balloon and the pellet, there are two places where each of them has the same altitude at the same time. How far above the ground are these places? Enter the smaller altitude first. 

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To solve this problem we will first calculate the time it takes for the pellet to reach the same al... View the full answer