SOLUTION: An arrow is launched upward with a velocity of 128 feet per second from the top of a 100-foot building. What is the maximum height attained by the arrow?

Question 865782: An arrow is launched upward with a velocity of 128 feet per second from the top of a 100-foot building. What is the maximum height attained by the arrow?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the height of the arrow in feet

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This is a parabola of the form:

If the max height is at ( t[max], h[max] )

Plug this result back into equation to get

ft
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Here's the plot:

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