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4. A student throws a bag of chips to her friend. Unfortunately, herfriend does not catch the chips, and the bag hits the ground. Thedistance from the ground (height) for the bag of chips is modeledby the function h(t) 5 216(t 2 1)2 1 20, where h is the height(distance from the ground in feet) of the chips, and t is the numberof seconds the chips are in the air.A. Graph h(t) 5 216(t 2 1)2 1 20.B. From what height are the chips being thrown? Explain howyou know.C. What is the maximum height the bag ofchips reaches while airborne? Explain howyou know.D. About how many seconds a$er the bagwas thrown did it hit the ground?E. What is the average rate of change ofheight for the interval from 0 to 12 second?What does that number represent in termsof the context?F. Based on your answer to Part E, what is the average rate of change for the interval from1.5 to 2 sec.?© Tribalium/Shutterstock.com

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  1. A student throws a bag of chips to her friend. Unfortunately, herfriend does not catch the chips, and the bag hits the ground. Thedistance from the ground (height) for the bag of chips is modeledby the function h(t) 5 216(t 2 1)2 1 20, where h is the height(distance from the ground in feet) of the chips, and t is the numberof seconds the chips are in the air.A. Graph h(t) 5 216(t 2 1)2 1 20.B. From what height are the chips being thrown? Explain howyou know.C. What is the maximum height the bag ofchips reaches while airborne? Explain howyou know.D. About how many seconds a$er the bagwas thrown did it hit the ground?E. What is the average rate of change ofheight for the interval from 0 to 12 second?What does that number represent in termsof the context?F. Based on your answer to Part E, what is the average rate of change for the interval from1.5 to 2 sec.?© Tribalium/Shutterstock.com
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A. To graph the function h(t) = 216(t - 1)^2 + 20, you would plot the time (t) on the x-axis and the height (h) on the y-axis. The graph would be a parabola opening downwards because of the negative coefficient of the t^2 term.

B. The chips are being thrown from a height of 20 feet. This is known because when t=0 (the moment the chips are thrown), h(t) = 216(0 - 1)^2 + 20 = 20 feet.

C. The maximum height the bag of chips reaches while airborne is found by finding the vertex of the parabola. The t-coordinate of the vertex is given by -b/2a = 1 (since a=-216 and b=0 in the equation at^2+bt+c). Substituting t=1 into the equation gives h(1) = 216(1 - 1)^2 + 20 = 20 feet. So, the maximum height is 20 feet.

D. The bag hits the ground when h(t) = 0. Solving the equation 216(t - 1)^2 + 20 = 0 for t gives the time when the bag hits the ground.

E. The average rate of change of height from 0 to 12 seconds is found by calculating [h(12)-h(0)]/12. This represents the average speed (in feet per second) at which the height of the bag of chips is changing over the first 12 seconds.

F. The average rate of change for the interval from 1.5 to 2 sec is found by calculating [h(2)-h(1.5)]/0.5. This represents the average speed (in feet per second) at which the height of the bag of chips is changing between 1.5 and 2 seconds.

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