SOLUTION: A ball is tossed from a window that is 10 feet off the ground. The height, h (in feet), of the ball at any time, t (in seconds), is given by the equation h =

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Question 635476: A ball is tossed from a window that is 10 feet off the ground. The height, h (in feet), of the ball at any time, t (in seconds), is given by the equation h = - 16 t^2 + 12x + 10. What is the maximum height (in feet) that the ball will reach?
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Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
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A ball is tossed from a window that is 10 feet off the ground. The height, h (in feet), of the ball at any time, t (in seconds), is given by the equation h = - 16 t^2 + 12x + 10. What is the maximum height (in feet) that the ball will reach?
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h = - 16 t^2 + 12x + 10
This is an equation of a parabola that opens downwards (function has a maximum)
Its standard form: y=(x-h)^2+k, (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of vertex, k=maximum value
complete the square
h=-16(t^2-(12/16)t)+10
=-16(t^2-(3/4)t)+10
=-16(t^2-(3/4)t+9/64)+9/4+10
=-16(t-(3/8)^2+9/4+40/4
h=-16(t-(3/8)^2+49/4
maximum height that the ball will reach=12.25 ft

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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Hi,
Note: the vertex form of a Parabola opening up(a>0) or down(a<0),
where(h,k) is the vertex and x = h is the Line of Symmetry
h = - 16 t^2 + 12x + 10

h = -16(x - 3/8) + 16(9/64) + 10
h = -16(x - 3/8) + 9/4 + 40/4 \ parabola opening Downward a = -16 < 0
h = -16(x - 3/8) + 49/4 Vmax(3/8, 12.25)
12.25 ft the maximum height that the ball will reach

SOLUTION: A ball is tossed from a window that is 10 feet off the ground. The height, h (in feet), of the ball at any time, t (in seconds), is given by the equation h = - 16 t^2 + 12x +