The flying squirrel of eastern Texas can drop a height of 60 feet. A function that approximates this drop is h=-16t^2+60, where h is the height in feet and t is the time in seconds. About how many seconds does it take for the squirrel to drop 60 feet?

About 1.94 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

The quadratic equation gives the height of the squirrel from its starting position, which is 60 feet above ground.

The equation is:

To find time it takes to "drop" 60 feet, means the ground level, where height is equal to 0.

Or, h = 0

We substitute h = 0 into the equation and solve for t:

So, it takes the squirrel about 1.94 seconds to drop 60 feet