State whether a parabola represented by

Question

h(t) = -16t^2 +250 t
opens up or down.

*Recall what happens when you have a negative value on your term in the standard form y=ax^2 +bx+c

Answer 1

The parabola represented by h(t) = -16t^2 +250t opens down because the coefficient of the t^2 term, -16, is negative.