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10.6 Exercise 115

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Height of a baseball The height of a baseball hit with velocity 8080 feet/second at 44 feet above ground level is −16t2+80t+4,−16 t^{2} + 80 t + 4 , with t=t = the number of seconds since it was hit. Factor the greatest common factor from this polynomial.

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 10.6 Introduction to Factoring Polynomials, exercise 115

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