document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1205874>Question 1205874</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ball is thrown from the top of a building from a height of 75 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "above the ground. The height of the ball, H, in feet from the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ground, and time, t, in seconds, can be modeled by the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H = −5(t−3)(t+5).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Select the true statement.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ⓐ The ball reaches the ground in 3 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ⓑ The ball reaches the ground in 5 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ⓒ The ball reaches the ground in 15 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ⓓ The ball reaches the ground in 25 seconds. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #842946 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52776)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=842946\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This equation in your post for height, &nbsp;&nbsp;H(t) = -5(*-3)*(t+5), &nbsp;&nbsp;does not work in feet,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because its leading coefficient at &nbsp;t^2 &nbsp;is &nbsp;-5 &nbsp;ft/s^2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A correct equation for height in feet has the leading coefficient &nbsp;-16 &nbsp;ft/s^2 &nbsp;at &nbsp;t^2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When a person comes and claims that the height equation for a projectile has the form as it is written in your post,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it becomes clear that this person does not know the basics of &nbsp;Physics (kinematics), &nbsp;as well as the relevant part of &nbsp;Algebra.\r<BR>\n" );
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