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Suppose the position of a particle on the  
\[x\]
  axis is  
\[x=80t-5t^2, \: x \gt 0\]
m.
What will be the maximum distance of the particle from the origin?
For this particular example we can write
\[\begin{equation} \begin{aligned} x &= 80t-5t^2=-5(t^2-16t) \\ &= -5((t-8)^2-(-8)^2) \\ &= -5((t-8)^2-64) \\ &= 320-5(t-8)^2 \ge 320 \end{aligned} \end{equation}\]

The maximum distance is 320m.