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5.1 Exercise 103

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Find the height for each polynomial function.

A painter drops a brush from a platform 75 feet high. The polynomial function h(t)=−16t2+75h \left(t\right) = −16 t^{2} + 75 gives the height of the brush t seconds after it was dropped. Find the height after t=2t = 2 seconds.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 5.1 Add and Subtract Polynomials, exercise 103

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