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=**Shimao International Plaza**= = =



The Shimao International Plaza is located in China, Shanghai in the Huangpu district. It's a 1094 ft tall skyscraper of 60 stories and was started in 2001 and completed in 2006 under the designs of Ingenhoven, Overidiek und Partner, East China Architecture and Design institute. The upper 48 floors of the building houses the five-star luxurious hotel, //Le Royal Méridien Shanghai// (with 770 rooms) and includes a 9 floor shopping mall and 3 floors of exclusive clubs.


 * Cool** facts:
 * The expected cost of the construction was about 3 billion yuan ($475 million in U.S. currency).
 * It is currently the third tallest building in Shanghai, with the Shanghai World Financial Center being the first.
 * According to tripadvisor.com, the //Le Royal Méridien Shanghai (//the hotel the building houses) ranked #23 out of 2,661 hotels in Shanghai. It has 833 reviews with an average of 4.5/5 bubbles. One satisfied customer claims that the hospitality is great, saying, "I lived in this hotel for 30 days at a time during 2010 and 2011. The staff remember you, remember what you like and don't, and remember your name. While most 4 star plus hotels in Asia deliver on amazing, personalized service, this one stands out as a total package."

Question 1: The year is 2062, and China is in a complete totalitarian control, worse than it was in 2012. Atop the Shimao International Plaza, now the head base of the dictator, Lee Chang Wang XLIV, stands Captain China, the hero of the pre - totalitarian China and a firm believer of authoritarianism. As Captain China defended against the bullets of the inculcated soldiers of Lee Chang Wang with his shield of propaganda, he accidentally knocked down his peach Snapple. His Snapple came flying down with an initial velocity of 65 ft/s. How long would it take for the Snapple to hit the ground?

Question 2: As Captain China valiantly fought the soldiers, he quickly got worn out. Captain China reached for his Snapple to rehydrate himself, but he noticed that it was gone. Captain China panicked, fearing that he won't be able to make it out alive without a good chug of the best stuff on Earth. Bruce Jackie Chan Lee, a supporter of Captain China's cause, saw this, and quickly bought another Snapple for Captain China to drink. He warmed up his arm, and threw the Snapple up at a velocity of 289 ft/s, which is now possible because of advanced scientific robot arms. How long would it take for the Snapple to reach Captain China?