Answer to Question #48472 in Calculus for Madison

Question

The trajectory of a missile is described by the by the function d=-0.15t^2+3.0t. Where d is the number of meters above the ground and t is the number of seconds after being lunched. Produce a graph of this function using an appropriate domain and range and use it and the above equation to answer the questions.
a) what is the maximum height of the missile
b) at what time does the missile reach this maximum height
c)how long is the missile in the air
d)is the missile launched from a point on the ground
e)what is the height of the missile at t=2 seconds and t=16 seconds
f)at what time would the height of the missile be 10 metres