Let represent the height of the water balloon above the ground at time , and note that is an antiderivative of . That is, is the derivative of : . Find a formula for that satisfies the initial condition that the balloon is tossed from feet above ground. In other words, make your formula for satisfy .
At what time does the water balloon reach its maximum height?
At what time does the water balloon land?
Compute the three differences: What do these differences represent?
What is the total vertical distance traveled by the water balloon from the time it is tossed until the time it lands? Total vertical distance =
The graph of the velocity function on the interval is shown below.
What is the total net signed area bounded by and the -axis on ? You can find the answer to this question in two ways: by using your work above, or by using a familiar geometric formula to compute areas of certain relevant regions. Total net signed area =
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