Problem 8
<h3>Answer: 1.5 seconds</h3>
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Work Shown:
h(t) = -16t^2+48t+100 is the same as y = -16x^2+48x+100, just with different variables.
Compare this to y = ax^2+bx+c to find that a = -16, b = 48, c = 100
Then compute the x coordinate of the vertex -b/(2a) getting
h = -b/(2a)
h = -48/(2*(-16))
h = 1.5
It takes 1.5 seconds for the ball to reach its peak height. The vertex represents the max height since the parabola opens downward.
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Problem 9
<h3>Answer: 136 feet</h3>
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Work Shown:
Plug the result from problem 8 into the function
y = -16x^2 + 48x + 100
y = -16(1.5)^2 + 48(1.5) + 100
y = 136
The vertex is (1.5, 136)
This means at 1.5 seconds, the ball is 136 feet off the ground at its highest point.
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Problem 10
<h3>Answer:
approximately 4.415 seconds</h3>
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Work Shown:
Plug in y = 0 and solve for x
y = -16x^2 + 48x + 100
0 = -16x^2 + 48x + 100
-16x^2 + 48x + 100 = 0
Apply the quadratic formula
A negative x value makes no sense because time cannot be negative, so we ignore the first solution. The only practical solution is roughly x = 4.415
It takes approximately 4.415 seconds for the ball to reach the ground.
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Problem 11
<h3>2 Answers: At 0.5 seconds and at 2.5 seconds</h3>
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Work Shown:
Use the same idea as problem 10. Instead of y = 0, use y = 120
y = -16x^2 + 48x + 100
120 = -16x^2 + 48x + 100
-16x^2 + 48x + 100 = 120
-16x^2 + 48x + 100-120 = 0
-16x^2 + 48x - 20 = 0
-4(4x^2 - 12x + 5) = 0
4x^2 - 12x + 5 = 0
Now apply the quadratic formula
There are two moments in time when the ball is 120 feet in the air. Those two moments are at x = 0.5 seconds and at x = 2.5 seconds.
At x = 0.5, the ball is going upward. At x = 2.5, the ball is coming back down.