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Wells Fargo Plaza

The Wells Fargo Plaza is located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Houston, Texas. It was formerly known as The Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza. It is currently the 69th tallest building on Earth, the 13th tallest building in the US, and the tallest all glass building in the western hemisphere. Although there are many other building named for Wells Fargo, this one is by far the tallest. From street level, the building is 992 ft tall. The Wells Fargo Plaza has 71 floors and features a wide variety of fine amenities for its tenants including The Houstonian Lite Health Club, which is located on the 14th floor of the building. It is a private, luxury health club and is considered, one of the top gyms in Houston.



__**Problem # 1**__ Houston Astros first basemen Carlos Lee and pitcher Bud Norris decide to go downtown one day to the Wells Fargo Plaza. If Bud uses a cannon to launch a baseball straight up to Carlos at the top of the building with a velocity of 400 ft/sec, how long will it take for the ball to land with him on the roof? __**Problem # 2**__ Once Carlos catches the ball he holds it for a few minutes and decides to drop it back down to Bud. How long will it take the ball to hit the ground if it is thrown down with an initial velocity of 20 ft/sec?