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Darian wants to build a regulation size pool table that is 9 feet in length. he plans he ordered are 18 by 36 inches. what is the scale factor of the dilation he must use to build a regulation pool table

Ahovercraft takes off from a platform. its height (in meters), xx seconds after takeoff, is modeled by: h(x)=-2x^2+20x+48h(x)=−2x 2 +20x+48 what is the maximum height that the hovercraft will reach?