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5.7 Exercise 83

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Determine the function described and then use it to answer the question.

An object dropped from a height of 600 feet has a height, $h \left(t\right) ,$ in feet after $t$ seconds have elapsed, such that $h \left(t\right) = 600 - 16 t^{2} .$ Express $t$ as a function of height $h ,$ and find the time to reach a height of 400 feet.

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 5.7 Inverses and Radical Functions, exercise 83

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