A building has two elevators that both go above and below the ground. At a certain time of day, the travel time it takes elevator A to reach height h in meters is 0.8h+16 seconds. The travel time it takes elevator B to reach height h in meters is -0.8h+12 seconds. What is the height of each elevator at this time?
How long would it take each elevator to reach ground level at this time?
If the two elevators travel toward one another, at what height do they pass each other? How long would it take?
If you are on an underground parking level 14 meters below ground, which elevator would reach you first?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.