A ball is thrown from the top of a building. It's height (y) in feet at any given time (x) in seconds is y=-16x^2+240. What is the maximum height of the ball?

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Since there is no t term in the equation the ball was "dropped" from a height of 240 ft.
So the maximum height was 240 ft
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