Two students built a small rocket from a kit and attached an altimeter (a device for recording altitude or height) to the rocket. They record in the table the height of the rocket over time since it is launched, using the data from the altimeter.
| time (seconds) |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
| height (meters) |
0 |
110.25 |
236.25 |
252 |
110.25 |
0 |
Function \(h\) gives the height in meters as a function of time in seconds, \(t\).
- What is the value of \(h(3)\)?
- What value of \(t\) gives \(h(t) = 252\)?
- Explain why \(h(0) = h(8)\).
- Based on the data, which equation about the function is more likely to be true: \(h(2)=189\) or \(h(189) = 2\)? Explain your reasoning.