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Mtovar550
12.01.2021 • 
Mathematics

A painter working high on the side of a skyscraper drops his brush from his scaffolding, which is hanging 1024 feet above the ground. The height above the ground of the brush can be modeled by the equation
h = -16° + 1024, where t is the number of seconds after the brush is dropped and h is the height in feet.
Interpret the meaning of -161 in this context,
a. The term -16represents the time the brush takes to hit the ground.
b. The term - 1612 represents the initial height of the brush.
c. The term - 161º represents the height of the brush after t seconds.
d. The term - 161 represents the distance the brush falls in t seconds,

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