A Martian standing on top of a boulder has tossed a rock vertically upward. The quadratic function below models the height of the rock, h(t), in feet, t seconds after it was thrown. h(t) = -6t2 + 18t + 48 How long will it take for the rock to hit the surface of Mars?
A Martian standing on top of a boulder has tossed a rock vertically upward. The quadratic function below models the height of the rock, h(t), in feet, t seconds after it was thrown. h(t) = -6t2 + 18t + 48 How long will it take for the rock to hit the surface of Mars?
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A Martian standing on top of a boulder has tossed a rock vertically upward. The quadratic function below models the height of the rock, h(t), in feet, t seconds after it was thrown.
h(t) = -6t2 + 18t + 48
How long will it take for the rock to hit the surface of Mars?
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