document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=366798>Question 366798</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height (t) in feet above the ground, of a ball thrown into the air from the top of a building is given by the function of h(t)= -16(t-2)^2+264, where t is the number of seconds the ball has been in the air.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. From what height was the ball thrown?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. what height does the ball reach?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. when does the ball strike the ground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. for what values of t does the function have meaning?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. From what height was the ball thrown?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. what height does the ball reach?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. when does the ball strike the ground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. for what values of t does the function have meaning?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think h is the height, not t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h(t)= -16(t-2)^2+264<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h(t) = -16t^2 + 64t + 200<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. From what height was the ball thrown?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. what height does the ball reach?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "264 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. when does the ball strike the ground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When h = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16t^2 + 64t + 200 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6.062 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. for what values of t does the function have meaning?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From launch to impact, t = 0 to t = 6.062 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Later than impact, the ball is stationary, h = 0.  The meaning is a matter of opinion.<BR>\n" );
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