document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1115978>Question 1115978</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height, in meters, above sea level of a NASA launched rocket is given by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "h(t)=-4.9t^2+178t+388 where t<BR>\n" );
document.write( " represents the number of seconds since the rocket was launched.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we assume that the rocket is launched from a launch pad, how high is the launch pad? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t)=-4.9t^2+178t+388 where t<BR>\n" );
document.write( " represents the number of seconds since the rocket was launched.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we assume that the rocket is launched from a launch pad, how high is the launch pad?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "IDK if you've might have noticed, but rockets are not designed to fall back and impact the Earth in a few seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Some of the payloads are STILL moving away from the Earth after more than 40 years.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is not a rocket.  It's a projectile.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Who writes the idiotic \"math problems?\" </SPAN>\n" );
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