In American football, the ball is punted by dropping and kicking it before it hits the ground. The height ht of the football above the ground in meters t seconds after being punted is affected by gravity and by the punter's kick, and can be represented as the difference of two functions: at=4.9t2, which specifies the effect of gravity on the height of the ball, and vt=13.7t+0.5, which specifies the effect of the punt on the ball. With these two functions, ht=vt-at, how high above the ground was the ball when it was punted?

The ball was 0.5 m above the ground before it was punted.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since at = 4.9t² specifies the effect of gravity on the height of the ball, and vt = 13.7t + 0.5 specifies the effect of the punt on the ball, the height ht of the ball above the ground after the punt is  ht=vt-at

ht = 13.7t + 0.5 - 4.9t². To find the height ht above the ground at which the ball was punted, we insert t = 0 which is the start time of the punt into the equation for ht. So with t = 0, ht becomes

ht = 13.7t + 0.5 - 4.9t²

ht = 13.7 × 0 + 0.5 - 4.9 × 0²

ht = 0 + 0.5 - 0

ht = 0.5 m

So the ball was 0.5 m above the ground before it was punted.

the population of other specie of birds will decline or other specie of birds will find some alternate source of food to survive.

explanation:

according to the competitive exclusion principle, which is also known as gause's law, two specie living in the same niche and feeding on the same resource cannot co-exist stably.

as we have well studied the theory of natural selection which states that only those organisms survive which have better tendency to compete for food and adapt to the environmental conditions.

coming towards the question, what wi ll happen when one species outcompetes the other for the small fish , the other specie will not get enough food and will start to die or decline in population. eventually either other specie needs to find another alternative food source for itself or migrate at some other location where there is less competition otherwise it will just not exist anymore at that niche.

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