Should you steer to avoid the cow, or can you rely solely on your brakes? 3. The
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Should you steer to avoid the cow, or can you rely solely on your brakes? 3. The figure below shows the graphs of three functions. One is the position of a car, one is the velocity of the car, and one is its acceleration. Identify each curve and explain your choices. For problem 4, use the position function p(t) = -16t^2 + v0t + P0 where s is measured in feet, t in seconds and v0 and P0 are the initial velocity and position respectively. 4. A professional baseball pitcher was capable of throwing a baseball 160 ft/s. During his career, he had the opportunity to pitch in the Houston Astrodome. The Astrodome was an indoor stadium with a ceiling 208 ft. high. a. Could the pitcher have hit the ceiling of the Astrodome if he were capable of giving a baseball an upward velocity of 100 ft/s from a height of 7.5 ft? b. How fast would the pitcher have to throw a ball upward from a height of 7.5 feet in order to hit the ceiling of the Astrodome?Explanation / Answer
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a = acceleration = it changes from positive to negative
b = velocity = It increases initially and then decreases
c = position = It has never a -ve slope