SOLUTION: The height, h, of a ball on the moon t seconds after it is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 5meters per second is modeled by h= -0.8t squared + 5t. When will the ball land
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Question 605634: The height, h, of a ball on the moon t seconds after it is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 5meters per second is modeled by h= -0.8t squared + 5t. When will the ball land on the moon?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note that at the instant the ball
is thrown upward, but also, when the ball
commes back to the surface, so:
The solutions are ( when ball is thrown )
and also,
The ball lands 6.25 sec after it is thrown
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