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Question 4 (10 points) If a toy rocket is lounched vertically upward from ground level with an initial velocity of 128 feet per second,then its height. h, after t seconds is given by the equation h(t)=-16t^2+128t (air resistance is neglected) How long did it take the toy rocket to reach its maximum height? 6 seconds b 4 seconds 2 seconds 1 second
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The toy rocket takes 4 seconds to reach its maximum height.
Explicación
## Step 1The given equation is a quadratic equation in the form of
, where
,
, and
. The maximum height of the rocket is reached at the vertex of the parabola represented by this equation.## Step 2The x-coordinate of the vertex of a parabola given by the equation
is given by the formula
.### **The formula for the x-coordinate of the vertex is
**## Step 3Substitute the values of
and
into the formula to find the time at which the maximum height is reached.### **Substitute
and
into the formula to get \( -128/(2*-16) \)**## Step 4Calculate the value of \( -128/(2*-16) \) to get 4.