Question

3 points

Determine if statement is true or false. The cannon ball is 8 meters above
the water.
A cannonball is shot from the top of an ocean cliff as shown. The height (in meters) of the cannonball above the
water is given by h(0) = -5t2 + 15t + 8, where t is the number of seconds after the shot.

Answer 1

The cannonball is 8 meters above the water.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking whether the statement "The cannonball is 8 meters above the water" is true or false. To determine this, we need to substitute the given value of t into the equation h(0) = -5
`t^2` + 15t + 8 and see if the resulting height is indeed 8 meters above the water.

First, we substitute t = 0 into the equation:

h(0) = -5
`(0)^2` + 15(0) + 8 = 8

Since the height at t = 0 is 8 meters, we can conclude that the statement is true.