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Lesson 6.

3: Applications of Quadratic Functions Notes

What part of the parabola is the question asking for?

1. The height of a soccer ball that is kicked from the 2. A ball is thrown off a building. The equation
ground can be approximated by the function ℎ 𝑡 = −16𝑡 2 − 10𝑡 + 200 can be used to model the
𝑦 = −16𝑥 + 48𝑥, where y is the height of the soccer height, in feet, of the ball after t seconds.
ball in feet x seconds after it is kicked. a) Approximately how long does it take for the ball to hit
a) Draw a picture to represent this situation. the ground?

b) Find the time it takes the soccer ball to return to the


ground.

b) What was the initial height of the ball?

c) What is the height of the ball after 2 seconds?

c) At what time will the soccer ball reach its maximum


height?

3. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Round the


nearest hundredth.

d) Find the soccer ball’s maximum height.


Quadratic Regression: a statistical method used to fit a quadratic model or equation to a given data set

The coefficient of determination 𝑅 shows how well a quadratic model fits the data. The closer 𝑅 is to 1, the better
the fit.

4. Write the equation of a quadratic that 5. Earlier this week the famous “Live Cannonball” Gunter Money
passes through the points was shot from a cannon at the Austin Expo. Gunter flew to a height
−2, −19 , 2, 1 , 16, −55 . of 70 feet and traveled a distance of 160 feet only to land perfectly
in a safety net. Assume (0, 0) was the starting point for Gunter’s
flight and that he landed in the net at (160, 0). Use the known
three points to write a quadratic function that represents Gunter’s
path. What is 𝑅 ? What does this mean about your function?
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6. Mark is having fun with bowling balls and clay. He drops balls from various heights, and records their speed just
before impact with the clay block. He then measures how far into the clay the ball went. The table below shows his
results.
a) Write an equation relating the speed 𝑣, to the depth of indentation 𝑑 of the ball
into the clay. Round to the nearest hundredth.

b) If the ball is going 20 meters per second, how far into the clay should it go?

c) How fast was the ball going to make a 7.5 meter impact into the clay?

Important things to remember about Applications of Quadratic Functions

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