Finding distance traveled with only time

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A tennis ball is shot vertically upwards from the ground. It takes 3.2 seconds for it to return to the ground. Find the total distance the ball traveled.

I don't know how to do this problem because they only give us time, and I can make the final velocity 0 m/s if I make it the top of the arc, but without knowing the initial velocity, is there a way to do this problem?
 
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Never mind, I was being really stupid for a second, but I figured it out.
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rasen58 said:
...I can make the final velocity 0 m/s if I make it the top of the arc, but without knowing the initial velocity, is there a way to do this problem?

Sounds good. Go with that!