JEE Main Physics question

A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower at 4.9 ms. It strikes the pond near the base of the tower after 3 seconds. The height of the tower is [Manipal MEE 1995]

• (A)73.5 m
• (B)44.1 m
• (C)29.4 mCorrect
• (D)None of these