An athlete whose event is the shot put releases a shot. When the shot whose path is shown by the graph to the right is released at an angle of 50​°, its​ height, f(x), in​ feet, can be modeled by f(x)=−0.02x2+1.2x+6.3, where x is the​ shot's horizontal​ distance, in​ feet, from its point of release.   What is the maximum height of the shot and how far from its point of release does this​ occur? The maximum height is ?​, which occurs ? feet from the point of release.

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An athlete whose event is the shot put releases a shot. When the shot whose path is shown by the graph to the right is released at an angle of
50​°, its​ height, f(x), in​ feet, can be modeled by
f(x)=−0.02x2+1.2x+6.3, where x is the​ shot's horizontal​ distance, in​ feet, from its point of release.  

What is the maximum height of the shot and how far from its point of release does this​ occur? The maximum height is ?​, which occurs ? feet from the point of release.
 

 

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