QUADRATIC APPLICATION PROBLEM (projectile motion)

When a basketball is shot, it forms an arc (also known as a parabola). When the basketball reaches it's highest point, what is that point called?

• Minimum value
• Slope
• Maximum value
• A parabola

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.2

What algebraic term are you solving for if the word problem is: The equation for leaping off a cliff is h = -16t^2 + 8t +24.  How long will it take for you to hit the water?

• Roots (Solutions)
• Axis of Symmetry
• Vertex
• y-intercept

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.APR.B.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.11

A dolphin jumps from the water at at initial velocity of 16 feet per second. The equation h = -8t² + 16t models the dolphin's height at any given time, t. What is the maximum height the dolphin jumps?

• 1 foot

• 5 feet

• 7 feet

• 8 feet

• 12 feet

An object in launched directly upward at 64 feet per second (ft/s) from a platform 80 feet high. Its height is represented by the equation 
s(t) = –16t² + 64t + 80.
What will be the object's maximum height? 

• 2 ft
• 80 ft
• 144 ft
• 64 ft

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

Members of the math club launch a model rocket from ground level with an initial velocity of 96 ft/sec. This can be modeled with the function h(t) = -16t² + 96t. When does the maximum height occur?

• 6 seconds

• 3 seconds

• 145 seconds

• 160 seconds

If I want to find out when an object hits the ground, I should _________.

• Use x = (-b/2a) as my answer.
• Set my equation = 0 and solve.
• Replace x with 0 and evaluate.
• Find the y-coordinate of the vertex.

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.APR.B.3

When I want to find the maximum or minimum height of an object, I should_____.

• Set the equation = 0 and solve.
• Use x = (-b/2a) as my answer.
• Substitute x = 0 into the equation.
• Find the y-coordinate for the vertex.

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

A raft is dropped from a helicopter 256 feet in the air above the ocean.  Its approximate height, h, after t seconds is given by the function h(t) = -16t² + 256.  How many seconds did it take the raft to hit the water? 

• -4
• 2
• 4
• 8

A ball is thrown vertically into the air. Its height in feet after t seconds is given by the equation h(t) = –5t² + 20t, and is graphed below. How high will the ball be after 3 seconds?

• 20 ft

• 15 ft

• 5 ft

• 10 ft

Ed hits a shot off the tee that has a height modeled by the function f(t) = -16t² + 112t.  What is the height of the ball after 1 second?

• 0 ft
• 160 ft
• 96 ft
• 112 ft