Stephen is playing with a toy parachute. He drops the toy parachute from the rooftop of a building. The expression below represents the vertical height from the ground, in feet, of the toy parachute x

Stephen is playing with a toy parachute. He drops the toy parachute from the rooftop of a building. The expression below represents the vertical height from the ground, in feet, of the toy parachute x seconds after being dropped from the rooftop.

-16x2 + 16x + 80

Which statement best describes the term 80?

the maximum height of the toy parachute

the time it takes the toy parachute to land

the initial height from where the toy parachute is dropped

the speed of the toy parachute

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