08.01 MC)A food packet is dropped from a helicopter and is modeled by the function f(x) = −15x2 + 6000. The graph below shows the height f(x), in feet, of the food packet at different times x, in seconds:Use the graph to determine the domain of f(x) for all viable x values based on the context.Group of answer choicesx ≤ 60000 ≤ x ≤ 20−20 ≤ x ≤ 20All real numbers
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08.01 MC)A food packet is dropped from a helicopter and is modeled by the function f(x) = −15x2 + 6000. The graph below shows the height f(x), in feet, of the food packet at different times x, in seconds:Use the graph to determine the domain of f(x) for all viable x values based on the context.Group of answer choicesx ≤ 60000 ≤ x ≤ 20−20 ≤ x ≤ 20All real numbers
Solution
The domain of a function in a real-world context like this one is the set of all possible input values (in this case, time in seconds) for which the function makes sense.
Since time cannot be negative and the food packet hits the ground after a certain amount of time (when its height is zero), we need to find the time at which the function f(x) equals zero.
Setting f(x) = 0 gives us:
-15x^2 + 6000 = 0
Solving this equation for x gives us the time at which the food packet hits the ground.
Divide through by -15:
x^2 = 400
Take the square root of both sides:
x = 20 seconds (we only take the positive root because time cannot be negative)
So, the domain of the function f(x) in this context is 0 ≤ x ≤ 20.
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