SAT Ratios and units Question
A quadratic function models the height, in feet, of an object above the ground in terms of the time, in seconds, after the object was launched. According to the model, the object was launched from a height of 0 feet and reached its maximum height of 1,600 feet 10 seconds after it was launched. Based on the model, what was the height, in feet, of the object 7 seconds after it was launched?
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The trap here
Reading the minimum from vertex form: the sign trap in (x − h)² — For f(x) = (x − 3)² + 5, the minimum VALUE is 5 — not 3, and not −3.