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document.write( "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( "R^2 at SCC\r<BR>\n" );
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