The function is continuous for x > 0 . The derivative is defined on that interval and is equal to ...
f'(x) = -2x . . . . . for x > 0
Then at x = 1, the derivative is ...
f'(1) = -2(1)
f'(1) = -2
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The function has a jump discontinuity at x=0, so the derivative does not exist at that point. A condition for the existence of the derivative is that the function is continuous at the point of interest.
1. The function H= -16T^2+80T+5 is a parabola of the form , so to find the maximum height of the ball, we are going to find the y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola. To find the y-coordinate of the vertex we are going to evaluate the function at the point . From our function we can infer that and , so the point \frac{-b}{2a} [/tex]will be . Lets evaluate the function at that point:
We can conclude that the ball reaches a maximum height of 105 feet.
2. Since we now know that the maximum height the ball reaches is 105 feet, we are going to replace with 105 in our function, then we are going to solve for to find how long the ball takes to reach its maximum height:
We can conclude that the ball reaches its maximum height in 2.5 seconds.
3. Just like before, we are going to replace with 5 in our original function, then we are going to solve for to find how long will take for the ball to be caught 5 feet off the ground:
We can conclude that it takes 5 seconds for the ball to be caught 5 feet off the ground.