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A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The distance, y, in meters above the ground for the ball after t seconds can be modeled by the equation u=-9.8t^2+100.
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A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The distance, y, in meters above the ground for the ball after t seconds can be modeled by the equation u=-9.8t^2+100.

A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The distance, y, in meters above the-example-1
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The y-intercept of the equation is 100. It means that the ball is being dipped from 100 meters. An x-intercept would be when the ball would reach the ground. I believe after 98 seconds it would reach the ground but I’m not sure.
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