The+Pinnacle,+R+MacNaughton

The Pinnacle is 1,181 ft tall, it has 60 floors from the ground up, and 6 floors under ground. The Pinnacle is located in Guangdong China, in the city of Guangzhou. Construction for the Pinnacle started in 2008 and it will be finished this year. The building is being used for commercial offices, and once completed it will be the 3rd largest building in Guangzhou. The Zhujiang New City Tower, and the Chow Tai Fook Center are both under construction in Guangzhou and are both bigger than the Pinnacle.

Question 1:

A construction worker is standing on top of the Pinnacle when he realizes that he left his water on the road. Instead of going all the way back down he calls up his buddy and has him shoot it up with a rocket launcher. If the building is 1,181 ft. tall, and the water is launched at 50 ft/sec. how long will it take to get to the top?

Question 2:

After the construction worker got the water at the top of the building, he realized that his friend shot up the wrong one, he shot up a half filled Dr. Pepper. If he is still standing 1,181 ft. up and he drops the soda from the top, how long should it take to reach the bottom.