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4 Name: Date: 4.5 Quadratic Application Word Problems 1, Jason jumped off of a cliff into the ocean in Acapulco while vacationing with some friends. His, height as a function of time could be modeled by the function h(0)}= -16r° +161+480, where ¢ is the time in seconds and his the height in feet. t= see Cevelee) La» beaagit Gevelee) a, How long did it take for Jason to reach his maximum height/ ie ate) T fat iin” Ser t [x Ere | b. What was the highest point that Jason teached? C4) = telat 14 (4) 0° What was Jason’s initial height? ty Co) = —1 0 Cate U4 (0) +460 h(s) = 4h FF] 2. Ifa toy rocket is launched vertically upward from ground level with an i per second, then its height h, after t seconds is given by the equation resistance is neglected) ial velocity of 128 feet A(O) = —161?+1280 (aie How long will it take the rocket to hit its maximum height? wy)” 3% b, What is the maximum height? WCt) = ty (ay teeny Ga) +256 c. How long did it take for the tocket to reach the ground? Netter’ og eee toe see oe -lot (8) ce, g-vs 0 IE? Free 3. You are trying to dunk a basketball, You need to jump? the air to dunk the ball. The height that your feet are above the ground is given by the function A(t) =—16r’ +12. What is the maximum height your feet will be above the ground? Will you be able to dunk the basketball? ott te = [See “37 LL 4. A ball is thrown in the air. The path of the bal is represented by the equation (1) =-/? +8". Graph the equation over the interval 0 see height (meters) B b) ees o=-ttryt-7 1 y= erg +7 o= (t-te is (0 will be Fm mt coe, Theelare He ball will be Biveete phe = a t w (seconds). WC) = tte Pi WC) => (tHE TG) Ie 7. The following equation represents the path of a donut hole being thrown by Mr. London where x represents the time (in seconds) the donut is in the air and y represents the height (in feet) of the donut. yonx +4x-2 a. Graph the equation to show the path of the donut hole, show at least three points. ois X* Tey a 2 KER TD b. At what time does the donut reach its maximum height? X= Tey a c. What is the maximum height of the donut? y= -(2)*ed (2) -2 d. Rewrite the equation in vertex form. y e-ytety-2 2 (ytete td 72 #4 oe (kU ee 5. Asmall independent motion picture company determines the profit P for producing a DVD copies of a recent release is P =-0.02? + 3.402 - 16. Pis the profit in thousands of dollars and nis in thousands of units. Ky 9 (n,0) 4. How many DVDs should the company produce to maximize the profit? gece men DUD fudn. Verdex =340 - 40 of oe) b. What will the maximize profit be? 2c verte Y n= ES Dib's frat = =, 0r(ys) + 3.4) -1b 4 0 fovso /

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