Question

A firecracker is fired straight up into the air out of a window of a building. Its height, in meters, is given by h = − 5 t 2 + 30 t + 20 , where t is the time, in seconds, the fircracker has been in the air.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Given that the equation for the firecracker is h = − 5 t^2 + 30 t + 20

It is impossible to solve this question unless the height (h) in meters is supplied. If the height was supplied, we could set up the quadratic equation and solve it yielding two values for the time. The values of t obtained is the time in seconds required for the firecracker to reach the given height h.

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