Q:

A diver from the university of Florida women’s swimming and diving team is competing in the NCAA Zone Championships. She is competing in the 10m Springboard event. the graph below represents the diver’s height above water t seconds after the dive. 1) how many feet above the water is the springboard?(4 ft, 4.9 ft, 10 ft or 10.8 ft) 2) what is the diver’s maximum height above the water?(4ft, 4.9ft, 10ft or 10.8ft)3) after how many seconds does the diver reach her maximum height above the water? (0.4 sec, 1.9 sec, 4.9 sec or 10.8 sec? 4) after how many seconds does the diver enter the water?( 0.4sec, 1.9 sec, 4.9 sec or 10.8 sec) please help me with this ❤️

Accepted Solution

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Answer: We can get all of the answers by looking at the parts of the graph.

1) The height of the board is about 10, that is all the way at the left.

2) The maximum height is 10.8 at the vertex of the graph.

3) The time at the vertex is 0.4 seconds.

4) The diver enters the water after 1.9 seconds, it is at the bottom right.