Mr. Thompson is on a diet. He currently weighs 240 pounds and is loosing 8 pounds per month. what would be the equation in slope-intercept form

The height of a flare fired from the deck of a ship in distress can be modeled by h(t)= -2(8t^2-52t-28), where h is the height of the flare above water and t is the time in seconds. a. find the time it takes the flare to hit the water.