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Aria tossed a coin into a fountain at the mall from the second story. The height, in feet, the coin was above the water is modeled by y = −16x2 + 96x + 112, where x is time, in seconds. What does 112 represent in the quadratic function?

A: The initial height of her hand.
B: The time it takes to hit the water.
C: The speed the coin falls to the water.
D: The acceleration the coin falls to the water.

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The answer is a, because initial means it’s already there. . . Meaning that there was 112 coins in the fountain when Aria got there

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