document.write( "Question 207888: If a ball is thrown upwards at 40 feet per second from a rooftop 24 feet above the ground, then its height above the ground t seconds after it is thrown is given by h = - 16 t2 + 40 t + 24. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "b. Use the factored version of the formula to find h when t = 3. \r
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$\"h+=+-+16+t%5E2+%2B+40+t+%2B+24\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"h+=+-8%2A%282t%5E2+-+5t+-+3%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"h+=+-8%2A%282t%2B1%29%28t-3%29\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can see that at t=3, the term (t-3) above would evaluate to 0.
\n" ); document.write( "Since 0* anything = 0, then h(3) = 0.
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