Two identical rubber balls are dropped from different heights. Ball 1 is dropped from a height of 142 feet, and ball 2 is dropped from a height of 220 feet. Use the function f(t) = -16t 2 + h to determine the current height, f(t), of a ball dropped from a height h, over given time t.

Write a function for the height of ball 1.
h 1(t) =

You mean something like 2^3 or 3^2?

If you mean 2^3, it's pretty much multiplying 2 three times. It would look like:

2 x 2 x 2, which would equal 8. You start off with 2 x 2 = 4, then you take the 4 and multiply it by 2 so it will equal 8.

If you mean 3^2, it's the same thing, except you're multiplying 3 two times. It would look like this:

3 x 3, which equals 9.