A hawk flying at an altitude of 121 m accidentally drops its prey. The parabolic trajectory of the falling prey is described by the equation
until it hits the ground, where y is its height above the ground and x is the horizontal distance traveled in
meters.
True or False?
The distance traveled by the prey from the time it is dropped until the time it hits the ground is
approximately 156.532 m.
True
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