Part of a cheerleading routine is throwing a flyer straight up and catching her on the way down. The flyer begins this move with her center of gravity 4 feet above the ground. She is thrown with an initial vertical velocity of 30 feet per second.

1) Will the flyer’s center of gravity ever reach 20 feet? In two or more complete sentences, explain how you found your answer.

2)For the flyer to have her center of gravity reach 25 feet, what does the initial velocity need to be? In two or more complete sentences, explain how you found your answer.

vertical motion model:
The height, h, in feet of a projectile can be modeled by
h = -16t 2 + vt + s
where t is the time in the air in seconds, v is the initial vertical velocity, and s is the initial height in feet.