Applications of Quadratics

An object flies through the air and follows a parabolic path. Which of these typically represents the x-axis? 

• time 
• height from the ground 

If path of a projectile is modeled by: 
h(t) = -16t² + 20t +6, what is the height after 1 second? 

• 6 feet 
• 20 feet 
• 10 feet 
• 4 feet 

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A soccer ball is kicked from the ground with an initial upward velocity of 90 feet per second. The equation h=-16t² + 90t gives the height h of the ball after t seconds.
What is the maximum height of the ball?

• 126.56 ft
• 5.625 sec
• 2.81 sec
• 90 ft

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A soccer ball is kicked from the ground with an initial upward velocity of 90 feet per second. The equation h=-16t² + 90t gives the height h of the ball after t seconds.
How many seconds will it take the ball to hit the ground?

• 126.56 ft
• 5.625 sec
• 2.81 sec
• 0 ft

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A lizard is jumping across the water in search of food. The equation h = -12t² + 6t models the lizard's height in feet above the water t seconds after he jumps. How long after jumping is he back on the water?

• 0.1 seconds

• 0.25 seconds

• 0.50 seconds

• 0.75 seconds

• 1 second

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If a toy rocket is launched vertically upward from ground level with an initial velocity of 128 feet per second, then its height h after t seconds is given by the equation
h(t) = -16t² +128t  
When will the object reach its maximum height?

• 4 ft
• 0 seconds
• 0 ft
• 4 seconds

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

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If each mark on the x-axis represents one second, when did the object reach the ground?

• 2.5 seconds
• 6 seconds
• 5.5 seconds
• 5 seconds

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Rafael drops a ball from a third-story window. This equation represents the approximate height, h, (meters) of the ball above the ground after it falls for t seconds.

h = -5t² + 45

At what height was the ball dropped from?

• 5 meters

• 3 meters

• 45 meters

• 90 meters

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

• skip it

• Find the x intercepts

• Find the y-intercept

• Find the y-coordinate for the vertex.

If I want to see the initial height of an object, I should _____________.

• Find the y-intercept

• Find the x-coordinate of the vertex

• Find the y-coordinate of the vertex.

• Find the x- intercept