Question

A soccer ball is kicked toward the goal. The height of the ball is modeled by the function h(t) = −16t2 + 48t where t equals the time in seconds and h(t) represents the height of the ball at time t seconds. What is the axis of symmetry, and what does it represent?

Answer 1

t = 1.5; it takes 1.5 seconds to reach the maximum height and 3 seconds to fall back to the ground.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The Axis of symmetry shows the highest point on the line and is a vertical line at the highest point on the graph x=1.5, y=36

Explanation:

checked on a graphing calculator