3. The height of a rocket, h, is increasing at a rate of 18 feet per second. If its height at five seconds is 118 feet, then write an equation for h as a function of time, t, in seconds since it was fired.

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3. The height of a rocket, h, is increasing at a rate of 18 feet per second. If its height at five seconds is 118 feet,
then write an equation for h as a function of time, t, in seconds since it was fired.
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