A weight suspended on a spring is at its equilibrium point five inches above the top of a table. When the weight is pulled down two inches, it bounces above the equilibrium point and returns to the point from which it was released in one second. Which of these can be used to model the weight's height above the table as a function of time in seconds?

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A weight suspended on a spring is at its equilibrium point five inches above the top of a table. When the weight is pulled down two inches, it bounces above the equilibrium point and returns to the point from which it was released in one second. Which of these can be used to model the weight's height <img src='https://www.fatskills.com/images3/praxismath/image_017_150.png'/> above the table as a function of time<img src='https://www.fatskills.com/images3/praxismath/image_017_151.png'/> in seconds?