SOLUTION: A rocket is launched upward with a velocity of 64 feet per second from the top of a fifty foot structure. What is the maximum height attained by the rocket?

Question 853454: A rocket is launched upward with a velocity of 64 feet per second from the top of a fifty foot structure. What is the maximum height attained by the rocket?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rocket is launched upward with a velocity of 64 feet per second from the top of a fifty foot structure. What is the maximum height attained by the rocket?
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If it's a rocket, it has a thrust engine, and its max height is determined by thrust, fuel, weight, etc.
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If it's a projectile,
h(t) = -16t^2 + 64t + 50
Vertex at t = 2
h(2) = -64 + 128 + 50 = 114 feet

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