Question: What is the function that best describes this problem?  The ball will be how high above the ground after 1 sec Suppose a baseball is shot up from the ground straight up with an initial veloity of 32 feet per second.  A function can be created by expressing distance above the ground,s, as the function of time,t. The function is s=-16t^2+vot+so.  \n16 represents 1/2g, the gravitational pull due to gravity(measured in feet per second^2).\nvo is the inital velocity(how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).\nso is the inital distance above ground (in feet).  If you're standing on the ground, then so=0.\nQuestions: \nA: Function that describes this problem?\nB:  The ball will be how high above the ground after 1 second?\nC:How long will it take to hit the ground?\nD: What is the maximum height of the ball?  What time will the maximum height be attained?

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