SOLUTION: In the equation h(t)=16t^2+115t+15 if a rocket is launched from a platform where h=height and t=time, what is the height of the platform?
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Question 1117547: In the equation h(t)=16t^2+115t+15 if a rocket is launched from a platform where h=height and t=time, what is the height of the platform? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You have written the height function incorrectly. is the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity, but acceleration due to gravity is in the direction of the center of the earth, so unless you are shooting the rocket straight down into the ground, the function that gives height in feet as a function of time in seconds is:
Where is the initial velocity of the projectile and is the initial height of the projectile.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
