ball is placed in a machine that throws the ball up in the air. The table represents some points on the graph of a function that models the ball's distance from the ground with respect to the time since the ball has been thrown.

Question

What is the range for this situation?

Answer 1

The range can be determined by looking at the highest and lowest points on the graph. Since the ball is thrown up in the air, the range would start from the height of the machine where the ball was released (which could be considered as 0) and would extend upwards to the highest point that the ball reaches before falling back to the ground. So, the range would be all real numbers greater than or equal to 0.