standard_description: Understand that a function from one set (called the domain) to another set (called the range) assigns to each element of the domain exactly one element of the range. If f is a function and x is an element of its domain, then f(x) denotes the output of f corresponding to the input x. The graph of f is the graph of the equation y = f(x).
problem_activity: Suppose Brett and Andre each throw a baseball into the air. The height of Brett's baseball is given by
$${h(t)=-16t^2+79t+6}$$
where
$$h$$
is in feet and
$$t$$
is in seconds. The height of Andre's baseball is given by the graph below.
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Brett claims that his baseball went higher than Andre’s, and Andre says that his baseball went higher.
Who is right?
How long is each baseball airborne?
Construct a graph of the height of Brett’s throw as a function of time on the same set of axes as the graph of Andre’s throw, and explain how this can confirm your claims to parts (a) and (b).


aligns: no