SOLUTION: A model rocket is launched from a raised platform at a speed of 192 feet per second. Its height in feet is given by h(t)=-16^2+192t+20. ( t= seconds after launch). After how many

Question 727019: A model rocket is launched from a raised platform at a speed of 192 feet per second. Its height in feet is given by h(t)=-16^2+192t+20. ( t= seconds after launch). After how many seconds does the object reach its maximum height?
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A model rocket is launched from a raised platform at a speed of 192 feet per second. Its height in feet is given by h(t)=-16^2+192t+20. ( t= seconds after launch). After how many seconds does the object reach its maximum height?
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Max ht is the vertex of the parabola.
Do you know how to find that?

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