SOLUTION: The height t seconds after a toy rocket is launched straight up can be modeled by the function h(t) = –16t2 + 32t + 0.5, where h(t) is in feet. Find the maximum height of the rocke

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Question 991161: The height t seconds after a toy rocket is launched straight up can be modeled by the function h(t) = –16t2 + 32t + 0.5, where h(t) is in feet. Find the maximum height of the rocket.
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The maximum height is the value of the function at the vertex.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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