document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4448>Question 4448</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person standing close to the edge on the top of a 200-foot building throws a baseball upward into the air.  The quadratic function  models the ball’s height above the ground in feet, t seconds after it was thrown.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After how many seconds does the ball reach its maximum height?  What is the maximum height?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many seconds does it take the ball to hit the ground?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2028 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2028\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The quadratic equation to which you refer but failed to include is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = -16t^2 + (vo)t + ho  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where:  t is time in seconds, vo is the initial upward velocity of the object, and ho is the initial height of the object.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, the object is a baseball, which does not alter the mechanics of the situation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  The initial upward velocity has been omitted, and the initial height of the baseball is that of the thrower or 200 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The upshot (no pun intended) is that unless and until you provide the quadratic equation to which you allude or the initial upward velocity with which the baseball was propelled, a solution cannot be found. </SPAN>\n" );
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