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document.write( "s= -16t^2 + 32 t + 18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "complete the square:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s= -16(t^2 -2t+1)+16 + 18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s= -16(t-1)^2+34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that open down with vertex at (1,34)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "maximum height of 34 ft is reached 1 sec after turkey is shot up in the air<BR>\n" );
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