An object is launched from a platform. It's height (in meters), x seconds after the launch, is modeled by: h(x)=-5(x-4)^2+180. W

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3 years ago

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hat is the height of the object at the time if launch?
______meters

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Kipish [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-17T05:11:54+03:00

Kipish [7]3 years ago

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The height of the object at the time of launch is 100 meters.

To find this, we simply have to put 0 in for x, as this is when there has been no time (at launch)

h(x)=-5(x-4)^2+180

h(0)=-5(0-4)^2+180

h(0)=-5(-4)^2+180

h(0)=-5(16)+180

h(0)=-80+180

h(0) = 100