A batter makes contact with a baseball 3 feet above the plate and the ball flies with a vertical velocity of 96 feet
per second. It eventually lands in outfield bleacher seats 25 feet above the ground. This is modeled by the equation
25-3=-16² +961.
a.
Determine the flight time of the ball by completing the square. Round to two decimal places as needed.
Explain why you chose the answer you did.
b.
If the horizontal velocity of the baseball from part b is 80 feet per second, how far away from the batter does
the ball land? Round to the nearest whole foot.