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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)
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a, How long did it take for Jason to reach his maximum height/
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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?
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b, What is the maximum height?
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Ga) +256
c. How long did it take for the tocket to reach the ground?
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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 LL4. 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.
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X* Tey
a2
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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.
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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?
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fudn. Verdex =340 - 40
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b. What will the maximize profit be? 2c
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= =, 0r(ys) + 3.4) -1b
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