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Returning to Exercise 24, explain why it is reasonable for the graph representing the rocket flight to be shaped as it was. How does this conform to your intuition? Would a linear equation have been an acceptable model?
24. Rocket flight. Assume that if a model rocket is fired directly upward (with a certain velocity), its distance 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 rocket?
c. Find the time at which the rocket reaches its highest point.
d. Find the time at which the rocket returns to the ground.
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