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Quadratics Baseball
By AnnMarie Varlotta
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Use the following scenario and equation to complete the questions below:
A baseball player has hit a ball. The height, f(x) in feet, of the ball x seconds after it is hit is given by the equation:
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Question 1
1.
Complete the table for the missing values.
visibility
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Question 2
2.
What does the ordered pair (1,67) represent in this situation?
Question 3
3.
Look at the
a
-value of this quadratic, what can you tell about it? Select all that apply.
It opens up
It is a narrow parabola
It opens down
It is a wide parabola
Question 4
4.
What is the maximum of this quadratic? Desribe in terms of the
x
and y
values.
Question 5
5.
At
x =
0, the ball was hit. How many feet was the ball off the groud when it was hit?
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16
3
80
Question 6
6.
How long did it take for the ball to reach a maximum height? Be sure to give your answer in seconds.