Question

Ms. Walker's science class is doing an egg drop experiment from the balcony of their school. Each egg is protected by a contraption that the students collectively designed. The height of the egg, in feet, after x seconds is given by the expression below. What do the zeros of the expression represent? A. the maximum height of the egg B. the time at which the egg reaches its maximum height C. the horizontal distance traveled by the egg D. the time at which the egg reaches the ground

Answer 1

An object balances itself when a perpendicular line drawn through its Centre of Gravity (CG), passes through its base.

See the picture of a popular toy given below. The horse, the rider and the ball are all joined together as one single unit. This entire unit is balanced on the thin black rod shown. At which of the indicated positions, could the Centre of Gravity (CG) of the horse, rider and ball unit be?

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AA BB

CC DD

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