Question

The function f(t)=-16t^(2)+64 represents the height y (in feet ) of a water droplet t seconds after falling from an icicle. After how many seconds does the water droplet hit the ground

Answer 1

The answer is two seconds

Explanation:

Set the y to 0 as we are looking for the height when f(t) has hit the ground. Then factor and the two zeros of the function are -2 and 2. because the -2 is an answer that that cannot make sense for time in a real world scenario, the answer is the positive zero, or two. :-)