May classes testing their egg protection contractions by dropping them off the roof of the school graph this situation using the formula y = -16t + 40 which of the following correctly interprets the height of the school's roof 41 ft 20 ft 40 ft 15 ft

Answer 1

The formula you provided, \( y = -16t + 40 \), appears to represent the height \( y \) of an object in feet as a function of time \( t \) in seconds after it has been dropped.

In this equation, the term \( -16t \) represents the effect of gravity, causing the height to decrease over time, and the constant \( 40 \) represents the initial height from which the object is dropped.

Thus, if we are interpreting the height of the school's roof in this scenario, \( 40 \) ft is the initial height from which the eggs are dropped.

So, the correct interpretation of the height of the school's roof is 40 ft.