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10.6 Exercise 142

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Evaluate each polynomial for the given value.

A pair of glasses is dropped off a bridge 640640 feet above a river. The polynomial −16t2+640−16 t^{2} + 640 gives the height of the glasses tt seconds after they were dropped. Find the height of the glasses when t=6.t = 6 .

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 10.6 Introduction to Factoring Polynomials, exercise 142

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