A fountain shoots water in an arc over a lake that can be modeled.by the graph of the equation y -0.4x2 + 8x where x is the horizontal distance (in feet) from the fountain base and y is the height (in feet) above the river. How high does the water go?

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Section3.6: Quadratic Functions
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A fountain shoots water in an arc over a lake that can be modeled by the graph of the cquation y
-0.4x + 8x where x is the horizontal distance (in feet) from the fountain base and y is the height
(in feet) above the river. How high does the water go?
Answer: It goes 40 feet high
Transcribed Image Text:ons of Quadratics.docx oplications of Quadratics.docx (19.4 KB) Question 5: A fountain shoots water in an arc over a lake that can be modeled by the graph of the cquation y -0.4x + 8x where x is the horizontal distance (in feet) from the fountain base and y is the height (in feet) above the river. How high does the water go? Answer: It goes 40 feet high
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