The value of t at a height of 11 feet is 0.36 sec when the ball is going upwards and 1.39 seconds when the ball is coming downwards.
<h3>What is a quadratic equation?</h3>
A quadratic equation is an equation whose leading coefficient is of second degree also the equation has only one unknown while it has 3 unknown numbers.
It is written in the form of ax²+bx+c.
Given that the height of the ball at time t is given by the function,
![h(t) = 3+ 28t -16t^2](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=h%28t%29%20%3D%203%2B%2028t%20-16t%5E2)
where t is in seconds and h is in feet.
Now, the height of the ball is given to be 11 feet, therefore, substituting the value of h in the function as 11,
![h(t) = 3+ 28t -16t^2\\\\11 = 3+ 28t -16t^2\\\\-16t^2 + 28t +3 -11 = 0\\\\-16t^2 + 28t -8 = 0](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=h%28t%29%20%3D%203%2B%2028t%20-16t%5E2%5C%5C%5C%5C11%20%3D%203%2B%2028t%20-16t%5E2%5C%5C%5C%5C-16t%5E2%20%2B%2028t%20%2B3%20-11%20%3D%200%5C%5C%5C%5C-16t%5E2%20%2B%2028t%20-8%20%3D%200)
Now, solving the given quadratic equation, we will get,
![x= \dfrac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\\\\t = \dfrac{-(28)\pm \sqrt{(28)^2-4(-16)(-8)}}{2(-16)}\\\\t= 0.36\ or\ 1.39](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=x%3D%20%5Cdfrac%7B-b%5Cpm%20%5Csqrt%7Bb%5E2-4ac%7D%7D%7B2a%7D%5C%5C%5C%5Ct%20%3D%20%5Cdfrac%7B-%2828%29%5Cpm%20%5Csqrt%7B%2828%29%5E2-4%28-16%29%28-8%29%7D%7D%7B2%28-16%29%7D%5C%5C%5C%5Ct%3D%200.36%5C%20or%5C%201.39)
Hence, the value of t at a height of 11 feet is 0.36 sec when the ball is going upwards and 1.39 seconds when the ball is coming downwards.
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