document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175155>Question 175155</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078228875/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 1940, Emanual Zacchini of Italy was fired record distance of 175 feet from a cannon while performing in the untied states. Suppose his intial upward velocity was 80 feet per second. The height y can be represented by the function     y=80x-16x^2, where x represents the number of seconds that have passed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Draw the graph of the function, relating heights Mr. Zacchini reaches to the time after he was shot from the cannon.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) How long after he was shot out of the cannon did he reach his maximum height? What was the height?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130252 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130252\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I cannot improve one bit on Stan's solution.  However, I am curious -- Where in the world is the Untied States? </SPAN>\n" );
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