Question

A child tosses a baseball up into the air. On its way down, it gets caught in a tree for several seconds before falling down to the ground.
Sketch a graph that represents the height of the ball, as a function of time.

Be sure to include a label and a scale for each axis.
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this is due today at 12 help!!
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Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Whenever you have situations like these you have to look at it from the perspective given.

If you are throwing a ball it's going to start at ground 0 where the child is, therefore the height of the child is how high off the ground the ball is at 0 seconds.

If it is thrown, and it is stuck in the tree for a few seconds, then that means on the graph you will see an incline of the graph, and then a stale line for a few seconds as the ball is stuck in the same height for a few seconds.

After the ball falls down, then so will the height of the ball.

t - a function of time, is always on the x-axis because time variables are usually on the x-axis of a graph.

I choose seconds as a measurement of time because in a realistic situation a ball will be in the air for seconds.

h - the height of the ball, will be on the y-axis of the graph because it is a dependent variable (i.e. the height of the ball is dependent on how long the ball is in the air for).      

The image below is the graph.