05 Applications of Parabolas Day 2

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15 questions

HITTING A VOLLEYBALL

1

Graph the parabola for a volleyball being hit over the net.

1

The volleyball is hit from a starting height of ______ feet.

1

The ball reaches its maximum height of ______ feet?

1

The ball is at its hightest in ______ seconds. (To the nearest hundreth of a second.)

1

No one from the other team is able to hit the ball, so it hits the ground in ______ seconds.
(Round to the nearest tenth of a second.)

GOLFING

1

Graph the parabola of a golf ball being hit off a golf tee.

1

The golf ball is hit from an initial height of _____ meters above ground.

1

The golf ball reaches a maxmimum height of _______ meters. (Round to the nearest hundredth of a meter.)

1

The golf ball is at its highest in _____ seconds.

1

The golf ball is in the air for a total of _______ seconds. (Round to the nearest whole.)

SCARED CAT

1

Graph the parabola for a scared cat stuck up in a tree.

1

The cat is stuck up in a tree at the height of _____feet.

1

The cat lands safely on the ground after _____ seconds. (Round to the nearest tenth of a second.)

1

The height of the cat in 0.25 seconds is _____ feet.

1

The cat is 8 feet in the air at ______ seconds.