Image of parabola with a maximum value at (1, 9), y-intercept at (0, 8) and x-intercepts at (2, 0) and (4, 0).
1 answer:
Answer:
(a) 4 seconds
Step-by-step explanation:
The given point (4, 0) on the parabola tells you the answer to the question: the coin was in the air 4 seconds before its height is 0. It is no longer in the air at that point.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
In order to match the rest of the problem statement, the first given x-intercept must be (-2, 0).
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Now, as the wheel turns, there is a proportion between the angle and the distance travelled: for example, when the car moves forward a whole circumference, the angle will be 360°. Conversely, if the wheel turns 180°, then the car will move forward a distance which is half the circumference of the wheel, and so on.
Since the radius is 16 inches, the circumference will be
So, we have the following proportion:
that you can read as: "if an angle of 360 corresponds to a distance travelled of , then the unknown angle x corresponds to a distance travelled of 48 inches.
Solving for x, we have