Suppose a golf ball is driven so that it travels a distance of 200 feet as measured along the ground and reaches an altitude of 300 feet. If the origin represents the tee and is the ball travels along a parabolic path over the positive x-axis, find an equation for the path of the golf ball.

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Maximization

Have you ever seen a bridge in the shape of a parabola? Where is its maximum on the bridge? The maximum of that bridge is the highest point on that bridge. The process of finding the maximum of the bridge here is called the maximization.