document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=111699>Question 111699</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The path of a falling object is given by the function s = -16t + vt + st where v represents the initial velocity in ft/sec and s represents the initial height in feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.) If a rock is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 64 feet per second from the top of a 25-foot building, write the height (s) equation using this information.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.) How high is the rock after 1 second?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.) After how many seconds will the graph reach maximum height? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D.) What is the maximum height? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #81658 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=81658\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a.  plug in the given values for v and s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  using the equation from a., plug in 1 for t and find s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.  the graph of the equation (a) is a downward opening parabola<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the maximum height is at the vertex, which lies on the axis of symmetry<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the equation for the axis of symmetry is t=-b/2a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ (where a is the coefficient of the t^2 term and b is the coefficient of the t term)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.  plug the result from c. into the equation (a) to find s </SPAN>\n" );
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