A ball was thrown upward into the air. The height, in feet, of the ball above the ground t seconds after being thrown can be determined by the expression -16t^2+40t+3. What is the meaning of the 3 in the expression?

C.)  The ball was thrown from a height of 3 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

In the standard form of a quadratic function, f(x) = ax² + bx + c,

c is the constant term (also known as the y-intercept of the parabola)

In this situation, the ball is thrown up into the air and the flight path will be in the shape of a parabola

The equation y = -16t² + 40t + 3 has a y-intercept of 3, meaning the flight path began at 3 feet above the ground, as you can imagine by looking at the graph of the equation, below.  The y-intercept is at (0,3)

(a) common ratio in the given sequence is, 3

(b) push ups will do kendall do on the 20th week

step-by-step explanation:

geometric sequence is a sequence of numbers that follows a pattern were the next term is found by multiplying by a constant called the common ratio(r)

(a)

given the sequence: 6 , 18 , 54 , 162 ,

this sequence is geometric sequence where each term is 3 times the previous term.

therefore,

common ratio(r) = 3.

(b)

a formula for nth term of geometric sequence is given by;

,   where r is the common ratio between the successive terms and is the first term,

to find how many push ups will kendall do on the 20th week.

here. n = 20th term.

in the given sequence first term

then;

simplify:

therefore, push ups will do kendall do on the 20th week