For the vertical motion model h(t) = -16t2 + 54t + 3, identify the maximum height reached by an object and the amount of time the object is in the air before it hits the ground. Round to the nearest tenth.​

Step-by-step explanation:

A graphing calculator provides a nice answer for these questions. It shows the maximum height is 48.6 feet, and the time in air is 3.4 seconds.

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The equation can be rewritten to vertex form to find the maximum height.

  h(t) = -16(t^2 -54/16t) +3 . . . . . group t-terms

  h(t) = -16(t^2 -54/16t +(27/16)^2) + 3 + 27^2/16

  h(t) = -16(t -27/16)^2 +48 9/16

The maximum height is 48 9/16 feet, about 48.6 feet.

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The air time is found at the value of t that makes h(t) = 0.

  0 = -16(t -27/16)^2 +48 9/16

  (-48 9/16)/(-16) = (t -27/16)^2 . . . . . . . subtract 48 9/16 and divide by -16

  (√777 +27)/16 = t ≈ 3.4297 . . . . . square root and add 27/16

The time in air is about 3.4 seconds.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have