A quarterback throws a football to a receiver. The path of a football can be modeled by the quadratic function where h is the height in feet and t is the number of seconds after the football is thrown. If the ball is overthrown and the receiver does not touch the ball, how long will it take the football to hit the ground? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation