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document.write( "A ball is thrown vertically upward from a height of 5 feet with an initial velocity of 72 feet per second. How high will the ball go?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A ball is thrown vertically upward from a height of 5 feet with an initial velocity of 72 feet per second. How high will the ball go? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = -32t^2+72t+5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maximum height occurs when t = -b/(2a) = -72/(2*-32) = 1.125<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(1.125) = -32(1.125)^2 + 72(1.125)+5 = 45.5 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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