The Point Imperial is the highest point of the Grand Canyon and it is 8,800
- feet tall. A professional hiker climbed to the top of one of the rims of the
Grand Canyon that is 348 feet below Point Imperial. The hiker threw a rock
upward from that rim with an initial velocity of 18 ft per second. How
many seconds will it take the rock to hit the ground? Round your answer
to the nearest tenth of a second.