SOLUTION: At the national spitting competition contestants were lined up on top of a tall building. The winning projectile was projected off the top of the building in a trajectory defined b

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Question 1162411: At the national spitting competition contestants were lined up on top of a tall building. The winning projectile was projected off the top of the building in a trajectory defined by the equation where height(h) in metres and time (x) in seconds. h=-4.9(x-3)^2 + 82

a) What is the maximum height above the ground that the projectile reached?

b) How long did it take to reach the maximum height?


c) Find the height of the building.






d) How long was the projectile in the air before it hit the ground?
(Nearest 10th of a second)(Hint: substitute h=0)
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