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=__**The Jumeirah Emirates Hotel Tower**__=



The Jumeirah Emirates Hotel Tower, operated by the Jumeirah International Group is nicknamed the Emirates Tower Two. The hotel is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and includes 40 luxury suites and 56 floors.The Emirates Towers Hotel is connected to its sister tower called the Emirates Office Tower. The two towers form the Emirates Towers complex. It ranks as the 33rd-tallest building in the world and 4th-tallest hotel building. C onstruction for the tower was completed on April 15th of 2000 and now stands at 1,014 feet tall.

-Word problem #1: A construction worker is 1,014 feet high repairing the roof of The Jumeirah Emirates Hotel Tower. He accidently drops his toolbox, which falls off the building and hits the ground. How much time does it take the toolbox to reach the ground?

-World problem #2: The construction worker not wanting to go all the way down to retrieve the box, asks one of his coworkers to launch the toolbox 1,014 feet up to him. The coworker uses a launcher to launch the box up with a velocity of 300 feet per second. How long does it take for the construction worker to retrieve the toolbox?