Roger Clemens, ace pitcher for many major league teams, including the Boston Red Sox, is standing on

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Roger Clemens, ace pitcher for many major league teams, including the Boston Red Sox, is standing on top of the 37-ft-high “Green Monster” left-field wall in Boston’s Fenway Park, to which he has returned for a visit. We have asked him to fire his famous 95 mph (140 ft per second) fastball straight up. The position equation, which gives the height of the ball at any time t, in seconds, is given by s(t) = –16t2 + 140t + 37. Find the following.

a. The maximum height of the ball

b. The time and velocity when the ball hits the ground

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Calculus With Applications

ISBN: 9780321831101

10th Edition

Authors: Margaret L Lial, Raymond N Greenwell, Nathan P Ritchey

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