At the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) illuminations website, students are encouraged to collect data on how many drops are required to break a blanched peanut in two pieces. The data can be modeled by the function f(h) = 0.8 + h-10 88 where h is the height in centimeters. Suppose that the peanut hummingbird collects peanuts and wants to minimize the amount of work required to break a peanut into two halves. Determine the height which minimizes the amount of work to break open the peanuts. cm. How many drops needed(decimal number OK, try not to round off)? drops.

At the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) illuminations website, students are encouraged to collect data on how many drops are required to break a blanched peanut in two pieces. The data can be modeled by the function f(h) = 0.8 + h-10 88 where h is the height in centimeters. Suppose that the peanut hummingbird collects peanuts and wants to minimize the amount of work required to break a peanut into two halves. Determine the height which minimizes the amount of work to break open the peanuts. cm. How many drops needed(decimal number OK, try not to round off)? drops.

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter4: Polynomial And Rational Functions

Section4.1: Quadratic Functions

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