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5-9.
The Math Booster Club shot a rocket from the ground straight up into the air to celebrate
Start with the basic equation:
The initial height of the rocket is
To find the maximum height, take the derivative of the function and set it equal to zero because the maximum height occurs when the velocity is zero.
The initial velocity is