SOLUTION: A football is punted and has a hang time T of 4.6 seconds. Use the formula T(h)=1/2square root of(h) to estimate the height h that it was kicked to the nearest foot.

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Question 452595: A
football is punted and has a hang time T of 4.6 seconds.
Use the formula T(h)=1/2square root of(h) to estimate the
height h that it was kicked to the nearest foot.

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Square both sides

Multiply both sides by


The height to the nearest foot is 85 feet

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