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The equation of the parabola representing the ball’s height is f ( x ) = − 18 ( x − 1.8 ) 2 + 60 , where f ( x ) is the height in feet and x is the number of seconds after it was kicked. Find the exact height after the number of seconds you found in Question 6. How accurate were your answers to Question 6?

The equation of the parabola representing the ball’s height is f ( x ) = − 18 ( x − 1.8 ) 2 + 60 , where f ( x ) is the height in feet and x is the number of seconds after it was kicked. Find the exact height after the number of seconds you found in Question 6. How accurate were your answers to Question 6?

Solution Summary: The author calculates the time taken by the football after it reaches a height of 45 feet by using the provided parabolic equation.

Pathways to Math Literacy

Pathways to Math Literacy

2nd Edition

ISBN: 9781260189346

Author: sobecki, David

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION

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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.

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Chapter 4.7, Problem 7A

The equation of the parabola representing the ball’s height is f ( x ) = − 18 ( x − 1.8 ) 2 + 60 , where f ( x ) is the height in feet and x is the number of seconds after it was kicked. Find the exact height after the number of seconds you found in Question 6. How accurate were your answers to Question 6?

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