document.write( "Question 51782: 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
\n" ); document.write( "• 16 represent 1/2g, the gravitational pull due to gravity (measured in feet per second2).
\n" ); document.write( "• v0 is the initial velocity (how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).
\n" ); document.write( "• s0 is the initial distance above ground (in feet). If you are standing on the ground, then s0 = 0.\r
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\n" ); document.write( " What is the maximum height of the ball? What time will the maximum height be attained? \n" ); document.write( "

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s = -16t^2 + 32t
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\n" ); document.write( "v(1,16) Maximum height is accomplished after one minute at sixteen feet. \n" ); document.write( "

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