Check the picture below, so pretty much reaches its maximum height at the vertex, now let's take a peek at the equation above hmmmm
[tex]~~~~~~\textit{vertical parabola vertex form} \\\\ y=a(x- h)^2+ k\qquad \begin{cases} \stackrel{vertex}{(h,k)}\\\\ \stackrel{"a"~is~negative}{op ens~\cap}\qquad \stackrel{"a"~is~positive}{op ens~\cup} \end{cases} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ h(t)=-16(t ~~ - ~~ \stackrel{h}{5})^2~~ + ~~\stackrel{k}{116}~\hfill \underset{maximum~height}{\stackrel{vertex}{(5~~,~~\underset{\uparrow }{116})}}[/tex]
