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Joey, who is 8 years old, is a star player for his school's basketball team. His latest shot is shown on the graph, which represents the height of the basketball as a function of the horizontal distance. The unit of measurement is feet. What is the significance of the point (0, 4) on the graph?

A) Joey caught the ball from a height of 4 feet.
B) Joey released the ball from a height of 4 feet.
C) Joey threw the ball a horizontal distance of 4 feet.
D) The lowest point of the ball on the graph is 4 feet.

Joey, who is 8 years old, is a star player for his school's basketball team. His latest-example-1
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B where he release the ball at 4 feet
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B) Joey released the ball at a height of 4 feet.
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