SOLUTION: If a baseball is projected upward from ground level with an initial velocity of 160 feet per second, then its height is a function of time, given by s= -16t^2+160t. What is the

Question 344763: If a baseball is projected upward from ground level with an initial velocity of 160 feet per second, then its height is a function of time, given by s= -16t^2+160t.
What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

Answer by Sphynx pinastri(7) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Take a derivative.

At the top point the speed is 0.

Evaluate the original function

Done!
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