Answer:
a) The domain of the function is
.
,
, b) The range of the function is
.
,
, c) The ball is 73 meters off of the ground at x = 3 seconds.
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete statement is: A ball is thrown upward off of a 100 meter cliff with an initial velocity of 6 m/s. The function
represents this situation where x is time and y is the distance off of the ground.
a) What domain does the function make sense?
b) What range does the function make sense
?
c) How far off the ground is the ball at time x = 3 seconds?
a) Let
and
be the time, measured in seconds, and the distance of the ground, measured in meters, respectively. Time is a positive variable, so domain corresponds to the interval when
and
. That is:


Therefore, the domain of the function is
.
, 
b) The distance off of the ground is also a positive variable, where ball is thrown upward at a height of 100 meters and hits the ground at a height of 0 meters. Hence, the range of the function is
.
, 
c) The distance of the ball off of the ground at x = 3 seconds is found by evaluating the function:


The ball is 73 meters off of the ground at x = 3 seconds.