Samantha is standing on top of a boulder at her neighborhood pond. She picks up a rock, so that it is 6 feet off the ground, and throws the rock into the pond. The height of the rock after t seconds can be modeled by the expression

.

Samantha wants to know the height of the rock at 1 second after it leaves her hand,
, and comes up the answer of 22 feet. How did Samantha find this result?

Responses

Samantha substituted
into the expression to get
Samantha substituted t is equal to 1 into the expression to get negative 16 times 1 squared plus 32 times 1 plus 6 is equal to 22

Samantha substituted
into the expression to get
Samantha substituted t is equal to 22 into the expression to get negative 16 times 22 squared plus 32 times 22 plus 6 is equal to 22

Samantha substituted
into the expression to get
Samantha substituted t is equal to 6 into the expression to get negative 16 times 6 squared plus 32 times 6 plus 6 is equal to 22

Samantha substituted
into the expression to get

1 answer

To find the height of the rock at 1 second after it leaves her hand, Samantha would need to use the height equation for projectile motion. A typical height equation can be modeled as:

\[ h(t) = -16t^2 + vt + h_0 \]

where \( h(t) \) is the height at time \( t \), \( v \) is the initial velocity, and \( h_0 \) is the initial height.

In this case, from the given response context, it looks like we are using:

  • Initial height \( h_0 = 6 \) feet
  • Initial velocity \( v = 32 \) feet per second (which could be inferred if we assume standard projectile motion equations).

Now, we want to find the height of the rock at \( t = 1 \) second:

\[ h(1) = -16(1)^2 + 32(1) + 6 \]

Calculating the expression:

  1. Calculate \( -16(1)^2 = -16 \)
  2. Calculate \( 32(1) = 32 \)
  3. Add the initial height: \( -16 + 32 + 6 \)

Combine those:

\[ -16 + 32 = 16 \] \[ 16 + 6 = 22 \]

So, Samantha correctly found that the height of the rock at 1 second after it leaves her hand is 22 feet.

Thus, the correct response is:

Samantha substituted \( t = 1 \) into the expression to get \( h(1) = -16(1)^2 + 32(1) + 6 = 22 \).