The chs baseball team was on the field in the batter popped the ball up the equation pt equals 80 t -16 t squared +3.5 represents the height of the bar above the ground in feet as a function of time in seconds how long will the catcher have to get in position to catch the ball before it hits the ground

The time the catcher have to get in position to catch the ball before it hits the ground is nearly 5 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The variation of height of a ball above ground with time 't' is given as:

In order to reach the ground, the height will be 0 feet.

So, plugging in 0 for 'P(T)' and solving for time 'T', we get:

Solving for 'T' using the quadratic formula:

For a quadratic equation , the solutions are:

For the above equation,

Therefore, the values of 'T' are:

Negative time is neglected as time can't be negative.

Therefore, the time the catcher have to get in position to catch the ball before it hits the ground is nearly 5 seconds.