A ball is launched upward from a height 40 feet above ground level. The ball’s height at t seconds is given by h(t)=-16t^2+128t+40. At what time(s) will the ball be at 150 feet? Show your work.   Round answer(s) to nearest hundredth. In your own words, explain what was happening with the flight of the ball at the time(s) that it was at 150 feet.

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  1. A ball is launched upward from a height 40 feet above ground level. The ball’s height at t seconds is given by h(t)=-16t^2+128t+40.
  1. At what time(s) will the ball be at 150 feet? Show your work.   Round answer(s) to nearest hundredth.
  2. In your own words, explain what was happening with the flight of the ball at the time(s) that it was at 150 feet.
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