Question

50 POINTSS!! While preparing a roof, patty drops a screwdriver from a height of 80 feet. The function (h)t = -16t^2 + 80 gives the height of the screwdriver in the feet as feet after t seconds during its fall. Which of these is the graph of the function

Answer 1

Graph D

Explanation:

(h)t = -16t^2 + 80

At time t = 0 the screwdriver is at 0+80 =80 ft

As time increases the height will decrease so we can eliminate graph B

We know this is a downward parabola by the - in front of the t^2 so we can eliminate graph A

We need to find where it meets the x axis

0 = -16t^2 + 80

-80 = -16t^2

5 = t^2

t = sqrt(5)

t =2.23

This is Graph D