SOLUTION: henry jumps from a platform 10 meters above the surface of the water. the height of henry's jump can be modeled by the function h(t) = -5.3t^2 + 4.8t +10, where t is time in second

SOLUTION: henry jumps from a platform 10 meters above the surface of the water. the height of henry's jump can be modeled by the function h(t) = -5.3t^2 + 4.8t +10, where t is time in second

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Question 1052592: henry jumps from a platform 10 meters above the surface of the water. the height of henry's jump can be modeled by the function h(t) = -5.3t^2 + 4.8t +10, where t is time in seconds after the jump. At what time t is henry 3 meters above the water?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h(t) = -5.3t^2 + 4.8t +10
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h(t) = -5.3t^2 + 4.8t +10 = 3
Solve for t
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It's a quadratic.
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