Question

A diver from the University of Florida Women's Swimming and Diving Team is competing in theNCAA Zone B Championships. She is competing in the Springboard event. The graph belowrepresents the diver's height above water t seconds after the dive.

Answer 1

Given:

The graph represents the diver's height above water t seconds after the dive.

a) The height of the springboard is about 10 feet.

b) The diver's maximum height is at the vertex of the graph that is at 10.8 feet.

c) The diver will reach the maximum height at the vertex. That means the x-coordinate of the vertex is 0.4 seconds.

d) The diver enters the water in 1.9 seconds. the bottom point of the graph.