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Interpret parabolas in context

Problem

A baby bird jumps from a tree branch and flutters to the ground. The function f models the bird's height (in meters) above the ground as a function of time (in seconds) after jumping.
Plot the point on the graph of f that corresponds to the bird's height above the ground when it jumped.
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