SOLUTION: Suppose two gulls drop their prey 0.2 second apart, each from a height of 25 feet. Write functions for the heights of both shelled animals, using t=0 to represent the time that the
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Question 197127: Suppose two gulls drop their prey 0.2 second apart, each from a height of 25 feet. Write functions for the heights of both shelled animals, using t=0 to represent the time that the first gull drops its prey.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The height function for an object in vertical motion (foot-pound-second units) is:
 = -16t^2 + v_ot + h_o)
where 
is the initial velocity and 
is the initial height.
For this problem, the initial height is 25 feet and the initial velocity is 0, hence for the first bird:
 = -16t^2 + 25)
And since the second bird dropped his shell 0.2 seconds later:
 = -16(t - 0.2)^2 + 25)
where the domain is 
John
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