SOLUTION: A Rock is launched from a cannon. Its height, h(x), can be represented by a quadratic function in terms of time, x, in seconds.
After 1 second, the rock is 129 feet in the air; af
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Question 970768: A Rock is launched from a cannon. Its height, h(x), can be represented by a quadratic function in terms of time, x, in seconds.
After 1 second, the rock is 129 feet in the air; after 2 seconds it is 236 feet in the air.
Find the height, in feet, of the rock after 5 seconds in the air.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A possible good model for this can be .
x_______h
1______129
2______236
Not consistent.
Try another model:
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This one will give and this can be used in either equation to evaluate k.
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