SOLUTION: Brad threw a baseball off a cliff. The height h, of the ball, in feet, is modeled by the function below, where t represents time, in seconds, after the ball has been thrown. h(t)

Question 935796: Brad threw a baseball off a cliff. The height h, of the ball, in feet, is modeled by the function below, where t represents time, in seconds, after the ball has been thrown.
h(t) = -16t^2 + 48t + 50
What is the height of the baseball after 1 second?

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, TimothyLamb:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You are asked to find:

After 1 sec, the height of the ball is 82 ft
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Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h(1) = -16*1*1 + 48*1 + 50
h(1) = 82 feet above the zero-height reference ...
in cliff problems the zero-height reference is usually the base of the cliff
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