document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=51407>Question 51407</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose a baseball is shot up from the ground straight up with an initial velocity of 32 feet per second. A function can be created by expressing distance above the ground, s, as a function of time, t. This function is s = -16t2 + v0t + s0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	16 represents 1/2g, the gravitational pull due to gravity (measured in feet per second2). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	v0 is the initial velocity (how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "•	s0 is the initial distance above ground (in feet). If you are standing on the ground, then s0 = 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) 	The ball will be how high above the ground after 1 second?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) 	How long will it take to hit the ground?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) 	What is the maximum height of the ball?  What time will the maximum height be attained?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4) 	John has 300 feet of lumber to frame a rectangular patio (the perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times length plus 2 times width). He wants to maximize the area of his patio (area of a rectangle is length times width). What should the dimensions of the patio be, and show how the maximum area of the patio is calculated from the algebraic equation.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Show clearly the algebraic steps which prove your dimensions are the maximum area which can be obtained. Use the vertex form to find the maximum area.\r<BR>\n" );
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