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=The New York Times Tower, New York City= Matthew Sonkin

The idea to build the New York Times Tower was announced to the public on December 13, 2001. This announcement entailed the 52-story tower on the east side of Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Street across from the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Bus Terminal. It was announced not that long after the Hearst Corporation was given the approval to build a tower over their six-story headquarters along the west side of Eighth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets. Along with the Hearst Tower, the site represents the westward expansion of Midtown along Eighth Avenue; an area that had seen no construction after the completion in 1989 of One Worldwide Plaza. It is the first high-rise curtain wall with ceramic sunscreen, built in the USA. It stands at 1,046ft in the sky including its antenna.

=Problem #1--=

Mark and Andrew took their first ever trip into New York City, and their first stop was the New York Times Tower. They were originally going to visit the Empire State Building, but thought that The New York Times Tower would be more interesting. Mark works at a factory that makes canons and he brought one with him to test out. While they were in the tower, they visited many of the 52 floors, and after a while, they ended up all the way at the top. Andrew wanted to play a trick on Mark and shoot his shoe all the way from the top of the building, down, with the canon. How long will it take for Mark's shoe to hit the ground from the top of the building?

=Problem #2--=

Joey and Scott were also on a trip into the city, and visited the New York Times Tower, like many other tourists do. Joey thought that it would be interesting to go all the way to the top of the New York Times Tower and have his friend Scott shoot him a soccer ball from the street with a catapult. How long will it take for the soccer ball, catapulted by Scott, to reach Joey, at the top of the building with a velocity of 300ft/sec?