SOLUTION: a diver jumps from a diving board that is 24 feet above the water. the height of the diver ia given by h= -16(t-1.5)(t+1) where the height h is measured in feet and the time t i

Question 727876: a diver jumps from a diving board that is 24 feet above the water. the height of the diver ia given by
h= -16(t-1.5)(t+1)
where the height h is measured in feet and the time t is measured in seconds. when will the diver hit the water?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The height of the diver above the water (in feet) is
with measured in seconds after the diver leaves the board.
The diver hits the water at the time when
The equation tells you that when and when
--> means that the diver hits the water seconds after leaving the board.

NOTE:
--> does not make sense, because it means 1 second before jumping.
However, an alien seeing a video showing the diver from the time the diver leaves the board may conclude that the diver was shot out of the water 1 second before the start of the video.
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