A rocket is shot off from a launcher. The accompanying table represents the height of the rocket at given times, where x is time
, in seconds, and y is height, in feet. Write a quadratic regression equation for this set of data, rounding all coefficients to the nearest tenth. Using this equation, find the height, to the nearest foot, at a time of 10.4 seconds.
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The answer is -|0.35 t -14| +14
<u>Step-by-step explanation</u>:
The problem statement is asking for an expression for distance in miles, so the constants in the expression will be miles. In the time it takes to get to point B (40 minutes), the ferry has gone (0.35 mi/min)×(40 min) = 14 mi. Hence the maximum value of the function must be 14. The only function with that characteristic is the one of selection D.
