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Workplace Safety: Falling Object Time Estimation

You are drafting a section for a company safety manual regarding the risks of falling tools at a construction site. In your own words, describe the standard formula used to determine the time (tt), in seconds, it takes for an object to reach the ground when dropped from a height (hh), in feet. In your response, you must:

  1. State the specific mathematical formula.
  2. Identify what the variables tt and hh represent, including their units of measurement.
  3. Briefly describe the two mathematical operations performed on the height to calculate the time.

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