A baseball player throws a ball from the outfield toward home plate. The ball's height above the ground is modeled by the equation y = -16x + 48x + 6,
where y represents height, in feet, and x represents time, in seconds. The ball is initially thrown from a height of 6 feet.
(a) How many seconds after the ball is thrown will it again be 6 feet above the ground?
Answer:
seconds
(b) What is the maximum height, in feet, that the ball reaches?
Answer:
feet
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