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alukav5142 [94]
3 years ago
10

A ball is thrown in the air from a ledge. Its height in feet is represented by f(x) = –16(x2 – 7x – 8), where x is the number of

seconds since the ball has been thrown. The height of the ball is 0 feet when it hits the ground. How many seconds does it take the ball to reach the ground?
Mathematics
2 answers:
lbvjy [14]3 years ago
8 0
f(x)=-16( x^{2} -7x-8)

is the functions that determines the height of the ball in Feet, after x seconds being thrown.

so for example to calculate how many feet above the ground in the ball 5 seconds after being thrown, we calculate f(5)

f(5)=-16( 5^{2} -7*5-8)=-16(25-35-8)=-16(-18)=288 feet

to solve our problem we need to find x such that f(x)=0

so we solve :

-16( x^{2} -7x-8)=0

x^{2} -7x-8=0

using the quadratic formula, le a=1, b=-7, c=-8

\sqrt{D} = \sqrt{ b^{2}-4ac}= \sqrt{ (-7)^{2}-4(1)(-8) }= \sqrt{49+32}= \sqrt{81}=9

so 

x_1= \frac{-b+ \sqrt{D} }{2a}= \frac{7+9}{2}= \frac{16}{2}=8

x_1= \frac{-b- \sqrt{D} }{2a}= \frac{7-9}{2}= \frac{-2}{2}=-1, which cannot be the solution to our problem.


Answer: 8 s
iren [92.7K]3 years ago
7 0

You are right thanks

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