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The seat on a swing set sits 3 feet off the ground. The chains that are attached to the seat are 74 inches long. Suppose you were to swing: the path of the swing forms a parabola. Interpret the y-value of the vertex, in terms of the context.(1 point)

y=3

y≤74

y≤3

y= all real numbers

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
y ≤ 74

The vertex y-value represents the maximum height the seat reaches while swinging. Because the chains are 74 inches long, the seat cannot rise higher than that length, so the vertex y is at most 74 inches.