A baseball is thrown into the air from the top of a 224-foot tall building. The baseball's approximate height over time can be represented by the quadratic equation h(t) = -16t2 + 80t + 224, where t represents the time in seconds that the baseball has been in the air and h(t) represents the baseball's height in feet. When factored, this equation is h(t) = -16(t - 7)(t + 2). What is a reasonable time for it to take the baseball to land on the ground?

  7 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

We assume h(t) represents the height above ground, so that h(t) = 0 will be the point where the ball hits the ground.

The factored form of the equation tells us ...

  h(7) = -16(7 -7)(7 +2) = 0

So, the baseball will land on the ground when t=7, seven seconds after first being thrown into the air.

The other value of t that makes h(t) = 0 is -2. Since we only count time after the ball is thrown, t=-2 is an extraneous solution.

for the friend request.

when a figure, such as triangle (xyz) is reflected over the line y = x to create x'y'z' the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the original image (pre-image) will be reversed for the image. (e.g., (x, y) > (y, x)) this means that the pre-image position of the x- and y-coordinates switch places which in turn provides a mirror like image of the original xyz.  

i notice that when i draw a line segment from x to x', that the points are parallel from each other -- they are exactly across from each other and do not intersect with any other points.  

yes, think i would see the same characteristic if you drew the line segment connecting y with the reflecting line and then y' with the reflecting line because of the essence of reflections. because it is a mirror image, each point was effected the same way which leads me to conclude that they same would apply to y and y'.