document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162219>Question 1162219</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A monkey throws a nut down to the ground from a branch 15 meters up. The function h(t)=-5t^2-10t+15 models the height of the nut, in meters, and t is the time in seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)which zero needs to be discarded ?why?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)when will the nut hit the ground? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A)which zero needs to be discarded ?why?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Discard the negative zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because it makes no sense.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)when will the nut hit the ground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When h(t) = 0<BR>\n" );
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