Application Quadratic Formula

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

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

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

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

Use the quadratic formula to solve 2x² + 2x - 12?

• -2, 3

• 2, 3

• 2, -3

• -2, -3

Solve using the quadratic formula: f(x) = 2x² - 4x + 7

• x = (2 ± 2i√10)/2

• x = (4 ± √40)/4

• x = (2 ± i√10)√/2

• x = (2 ± 2i√40)/4

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

CCSS.HSN.CN.C.7

Solve for x.  Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
6x² + 13x = -6

• x = -.67, -1.5

• x = .67, 1.5

• x = .39, -2.56

• x = -.39, 2.56

Find the value of x using the quadratic formula, if a=1, b=2, c=-3.

• -1 & -3

• 1 & 4

• -1 & 3

• 1 & -3

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B

Use the quadratic formula to solve 2x² + 2x - 12.

• -2, 3

• 2, 3

• 2, -3

• -2, -3

Find the value of x using the quadratic formula, if a=1, b=4, and c=3.

• 1 & 3

• -1 & 3

• -1 & -3

• 1 & -3

Tags

CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B