document.write( "Question 1028630: A football is kicked into the air. The height of the football is modelled by h(t)=-5t^2+16t+1 when the height is in metres and t is the time in seconds from its release. When will the football first reach the height of 13 metres? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #643719 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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You are given that \"+h%28t%29+=+13+\" where
\n" ); document.write( "\"+h%28t%29+=+-5t%5E2+%2B+16t+%2B+1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+-5t%5E2+%2B+16t+%2B+1+=+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+-5t%5E2+%2B+16t+-+12+=+0+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use quadratic formula
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2+-+4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29+%2F+%282%2Aa%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+a+=+-5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+b+=+16+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+c+=+-12+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-16+%2B-+sqrt%28+16%5E2+-+4%2A%28-5%29%2A%28-12%29+%29%29+%2F+%282%2A%28-5%29+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-16+%2B-+sqrt%28+256+-+240+%29%29+%2F+%28-10+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-16+%2B-+sqrt%28+16+%29%29+%2F+%28-10+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-16+%2B+4+%29+%2F+%28-10%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28-12%29%2F%28-10%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+1.2+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and also
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28+-16+-+4+%29+%2F+%28-10%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+%28-20%29%2F%28-10%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t+=+2+\"
\n" ); document.write( "----------
\n" ); document.write( "The first time the height of the ball is at 13 m
\n" ); document.write( "is 1.2 sec
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "Here's the plot:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-2%2C+4%2C+-2%2C+15%2C+-5x%5E2+%2B+16x+%2B+1+%29+\"
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