On a forward summer salt dive, a diver's height, h meters above the water can be modelled by the equation h(t)=-2.9(t-0.6)^2+4.8 where t is the time in seconds after the diver leaves the board

A) determine the height above the water the diver is before he leaves the board.

3 answers

Do you mean

somersault dive?
Yes
set t=0, solve for h.