A hot-air balloon is descending at a rate of 1.5 when a passenger drops a camera.If the camera is 41 above the ground when it is dropped, how long does it take for the camera to reach the ground?

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If you do not indicate units, the answers given, if any would be meaningless.

g=32.2 ft/s² = 9.8 m/s²

We cannot guess what units you're using.

In any case, there is a very similar problem posted recently, to which you piggy-backed a question that remain unanswered.

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1284689510

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