Question

The height of a ball dropped from the top of a 450-foot tall building can be described by the expression

450 - 16r, where
I represents the time, in seconds, after the ball is dropped.
What is the height of the object
4 seconds after it is dropped?

Answer 1

The answer is 386 feet.

Explanation:

This equation simply asks to plug in a value that gives you the final value of the height. 450 is the initial height, and r (or l) is referred to as the amount of seconds after the item is dropped. 16 is the constant value of feet that the ball drops within one second.

Therefore, by substituting 4 for r (or l) and multiplying it by 16, you will receive 64 feet in 4 seconds. Finally, you need to subtract this from 450 feet, giving you a final answer of 386 feet.