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Taipei 101 (Taipei Financial Center, 臺北 101)
Taipei 101 is the **third** **tallest** building in the world located in the borough of Xinyi, Taiwan at 1,671 feet. Construction starting in 1999, five years later the highest section of the spire was installed on October 9th 2004, Taipei's mayor Ma Ying-Jeou fastened a golden bolt to signify the official topping-out. Taipei 101 holds the world record in three of the Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat's height categories: tallest to the structural top, tallest to the roof, and highest occupied floor. Each of the 61 elevators is designed with an aerodynamic body, pressurization and emergency braking systems, and the world's first triple-stage anti-overshooting system. The cost for each elevator is over $2 million (U.S.). This building is mainly used for commercial office space but also accommodates a restaurant, parking, shopping center, a club house. Seven out of the 101 floors (above ground) are currently being rented to by the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

**Problem #1**    Chien-Ming Wang is a Taiwanese Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals. Taipei's mayor, Ma Ying-Jeou, invites Chein-Ming Wang to Taipei for the 8th anniversary of the completion of the building. Ma Ying-Jeou stands at the top of the Taipei 101 and has Chein-Ming Wang launch a baseball up to him at 329 feet per second with the help of an air compression cannon. How long will it take for the baseball to reach the mayor at the top of the building?

**Problem #2** The most popular question frequently asked when talking about a highly elevated building is "Can a penny dropped from a building kill a a pedestrian below"? The question is then paired with the Empire State Building at 1,250 feet. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage (the hosts on MythBusters) experimented with this myth and proved it wrong. MYTH BUSTED! Knowing that the myth is false you decide to conduct your own experiment while traveling in Taiwan. After watching Jamie and Adam's video, you learn that a penny's velocity is 64 feet per second when thrown. How long will it take for the penny to reach the ground from the top of the Taipei 101? [|MythBusters Penny Drop]

**Works Cited**
 * Grözinger, Daniel. "Taipei 101 | Buildings | EMPORIS." //Taipei 101//. Emporis GmbH, 2000. Web. 04 Feb. 2012. .