Only selections B and D give a maximum height of 13 at t=3. However, both of those functions have the height be -5 at t=0, meaning the ball was served from 5 ft below ground. This does not seem like an appropriate model.
We suspect ...
• the "correct" answers are probably B and D
• whoever wrote the problem wasn't paying attention.
No solution / no x
D=b^2-4*a*c -> D=-4^2-4*1*21 -> D=-28 -> D<0, no solution
X = -3.
The distance from p(-9, 0, 0) is
d = sqrt((x+9)^2 + y^2 + z^2)
The distance from q(3,0,0) is
d = sqrt((x-3)^2 + y^2 + z^2)
Let's set them equal to each other.
sqrt((x+9)^2 + y^2 + z^2) = sqrt((x-3)^2 + y^2 + z^2)
Square both sides, then simplify
(x+9)^2 + y^2 + z^2 = (x-3)^2 + y^2 + z^2
x^2 + 18x + 81 + y^2 + z^2 = x^2 - 6x + 9 + y^2 + z^2
18x + 81 = - 6x + 9
24x + 81 = 9
24x = -72
x = -3
So the desired equation is x = -3 which defines a plane.