Paige launched a ball using a catapult she built. The
height of the ball (in meters above the ground) t seconds
after launch is modeled by
h(t) = -5t2 + 40t
Paige wants to know when the ball will hit the ground.
1) Rewrite the function in a different form (factored
or vertex) where the answer appears as a number in
the equation.
h(t) =
2) How many seconds after launch does the ball hit
the ground?
seconds