A penny is thrown from the top of a 48.9-meter building and hits the ground 3.04 seconds after it was thrown. The penny reached its maximum height above the ground 0.79 seconds after it was thrown. Define a quadratic function, h, that expresses the height of the penny above the ground (measured in meters) as a function of the number of seconds elapsed since the penny was thrown, t.     What is the maximum height of the penny above the ground?

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A penny is thrown from the top of a 48.9-meter building and hits the ground 3.04 seconds after it was thrown. The penny reached its maximum height above the ground 0.79 seconds after it was thrown.

  1. Define a quadratic function, h, that expresses the height of the penny above the ground (measured in meters) as a function of the number of seconds elapsed since the penny was thrown, t.

       

  2. What is the maximum height of the penny above the ground?

       

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