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Please help me with this problem I am not able to help my son to understand we keep getting it wrong please help.The function graphed approximates the height of a rock, in meters, x seconds after it falls from a cliff. After about how many seconds is the rock 20 m above the ground? 1.5 s1.9 s2.2 s2.7 sParabola on a coordinate plane with axes labeled x and f of x. The horizontal axis ranges from 0 to 5 in increments of 1. The vertical axis ranges from 0 to 50 in increments of 5. The parabola starts at begin ordered pair 0 comma 45 end ordered pair, passes through begin ordered pair 1 comma 40 end ordered pair, and begin ordered pair 2 comma 25 end ordered pair, and it ends at begin ordered pair 3 comma 0 end ordered pair.

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Solution

From the graph, draw a line from 20m on the vertical line to the curve and trace it to the horizontal line to get the time in seconds for the rock to be 20m above the ground.

Final answer

2.2 seconds

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