SOLUTION: A model rocket is launched from a raised platform at a speed of 176 feet per second. Its height in feet is given by h(t)=-16t^2+176t+20 (t=seconds after launch)
What is the maximu
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Question 867906: A model rocket is launched from a raised platform at a speed of 176 feet per second. Its height in feet is given by h(t)=-16t^2+176t+20 (t=seconds after launch)
What is the maximum height reached by the rocket? and what time does it meet maximum height?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the vertex
-b/2a=5.5 seconds 504 feet
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