Solution: On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour was launched on mission STS-49

Chapter 5, Problem 5.4.68

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On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour was launched on mission STS-49, the purpose of which was to install a new perigee kick motor in an Intelsat communications satellite. The table gives the velocity data for the shuttle between liftoff and the jettisoning of the solid rocket boosters. a) Use a graphing calculator or computer to model thesedata by a third-degree polynomial.(b) Use the model in part (a) to estimate the height reachedby the Endeavour, 125 seconds after liftoff.

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