When will Peter's baseball hit the ground? Use mathematical evidence to explain your answer.

Question:

The height of Peter’s baseball is given by the graph below (See attachment)

Step-by-step explanation:

The (a) & (b) will be answered by making reference to the attachment.

Solving (a): Time to reach maximum height

The height is plotted at the vertical axis while the time taken is at the horizontal axis.

From the attachment; the following details can be observed

Using function notations, this can be represented as:

And the interpretation is that:

Peter's baseball reached the maximum height at 1.5 seconds

Solving (b): Time to hit the ground

The interpretation of this question is to solve for the x intercept of the graph.

From the attachment; the following details can be observed

Using function notations, this can be represented as:

And the interpretation is that:

Peter's baseball hit the ground at 4 seconds

(-5,-28)

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