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Returning to Exercise 23, explain why it is reasonable for the graph representing the falling crate to be shaped as it was. How does this conform to your intuition? Would a linear equation have been an acceptable model?
23. Falling bodies. A plane is dropping emergency food supplies to relieve famine in a less-developed country. Crates are dropped, and the height of the crate above the ground at time t is given by the equation
a. Graph this equation.
b. Are there any values for t that it would not make sense to use for this equation because of the physical characteristics of a falling crate?
c. Find the time at which the crate will strike the ground.
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