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Real Case Parabola

The document contains a series of mathematical questions related to the height of objects launched into the air and the profit of a company over time. It includes equations for height and profit, along with multiple-choice questions that require calculations based on these equations. The questions cover maximum height, time in the air, and profit changes due to price adjustments.
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Real Case Parabola

The document contains a series of mathematical questions related to the height of objects launched into the air and the profit of a company over time. It includes equations for height and profit, along with multiple-choice questions that require calculations based on these equations. The questions cover maximum height, time in the air, and profit changes due to price adjustments.
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Questions 54-57 refer to the following D) Height of the object when it hits the

information ground.
ℎ 𝑡 = −10𝑡 2 + 40𝑡 + 100
An object is launched from a certain height to
the air. The equation shows height of the
object, h(t), in meters, after t seconds it was
launched. Questions 58-62 refer to the following
54 information
ℎ 𝑡 = −10𝑡 2 + 20𝑡 + 10
What is the height of the object after 3
seconds? A boy stays at the corner of a house. He throws
the ball up to the air and tries to catch it. The
A) 100
given equation represents the height of the ball,
B) 130
ℎ 𝑡 , in meters, after 𝑡 seconds it was thrown.
C) 140
D) 120

58
55 What is the height of the roof, from the
ground, in meters?
What is the maximum height of the object in
the air? A) 10
B) 20
A) 130
C) 30
B) 140
D) 15
C) 160
D) 190

56 59
Approximately for how many whole seconds What is the maximum height of the ball in the
did the object stay in the air? air?
A) 5 A) 10 meters
B) 6 B) 20 meters
C) 7 C) 30 meters
D) 8 D) 40 meters

57 60.
What is the meaning of 100 in the given How many seconds does it take for the ball to
equation? reach the maximum height from the ground?
A) Maximum height that the object could A) 1
reach. B) 2
B) Height of the object at 𝑡 = 4 seconds. C) 4
C) Height of the object from the ground D) 6
before it was launched.
Questions 63-66 refer to the following
information

61.

How many seconds after did the ball fall down


to the corner of the roof?
100
A) 1

Height, in meter
B) 2
C) 4
50
D) 6

5 10
62.
Time in seconds
If the boy could not catch the ball, how many
seconds after, the ball would hit the ground
from the corner of the roof? (Round your The given graph shows the height of the object,
answer to the nearest hundreds) in meters, t seconds after it was launched to the
air.
A) 1.32
B) 0.41 63.
C) 0.74
D) 1.13 What is the height of the object after one
second?

A) 40 meters
B) 50 meters
C) 60 meters
D) 70 meters

64.
After reaching the maximum height, the object
started to fall back to the ground. How many
seconds after was the object’s height equal to its
initial height?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
If Ali wants to maximize his profit, what
should be the price of a single t-shirt?
(Disregard dollar sign)

65.
Which of the following equations can model 69.
the situation?
What can be Ali’s maximum, monthly revenue
A) 𝑦 = −10 𝑡 − 2 2 + 40 from t-shirt selling? (Disregard the dollar sign)
B) 𝑦 = −10 𝑡 − 2 2 + 80
C) 𝑦 = −10 𝑡 − 4 2 + 40
D) 𝑦 = −10 𝑡 − 4 2 + 80

70.

66. For a period of time, Ali left the store and left
his brother in charge. He was not good at
Approximately how many seconds did it take
math, but he loved money. He increased price
the object to hit the ground? (Round your again and again. When Ali came back and
answer to the nearest tenth) observed the situation, he told his brother: “ If
A) 2 you sell a t-shirt for $20, you will have the same
profit.” What is the current price of a t-shirt?
B) 4 (Disregard dollar sign)

C) 4.2

D) 4.8 Questions 71-74 refer to the following


information

Questions 67-70 refer to the following


information. 3500
Profit, in dollars

Every month, Ali sells t-shirts to 200


customers. Each t-shirt is $20. Ali loses 10
customers for each $5 increase in t-shirt’s price.

3000
5 10
67. x

If Ali sold each t-shirt for $30, how much


increase did he observe in his profit? (Disregard A store loses 5 customers for each $3 increase
dollar sign) in the price of a certain product. The given
graph models the situation.

68.
71.
If the store increased the price of the product
by 𝑥 −times and got maximum profit, what is
the value of𝑥? (Disregard dollar sign)

72.
2
Questions 75-78 refer to the following
𝑓 𝑥 = −15 𝑥 − 𝑚 +𝑛
information.
If the given function, 𝑓 𝑥 ,can be used for the
situation, where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are constants, what is
the value of 𝑛?

Height, in meter 100


73.

If the price of the product is $36, what is the


50
value of monthly revenue from the product?
(Disregard dollar sign)

5 10

74. Time in seconds


The given parabola represents the height of the
Research and development team of the store object, in meters, from the ground after t
found that: “If the profit stays the same, low seconds it was launched.
selling price is more attractive to customers.
For example, instead of $57, the product’s new
offered price to the customers should be$𝑚. “
75
What is the value of 𝑚? (Disregard dollar sign)
Which of the following is equivalent to the
maximum height of the object from the
ground?

A) x-intercept of the parabola


B) x-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola
C) y-coordinate of y-intercept of the parabola
D) y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola

76

Which of the following is equivalent to the


height from the ground where the object was
launched ?
A) x-intercept of the parabola
B) x-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola
C) y-coordinate of y-intercept of the parabola
D) y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola

77. Questions 79-82 refer to the following


information
Which of the following is equivalent to the
time, in seconds, the object takes to hit the 𝑃 𝑥 = −300 𝑥 − 4 2
+ 15000
ground?
In 2007, the director of a certain, small
A) x-intercept of the parabola company noticed that the profit of the
B) x-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola company was smaller than the profit of the
C) y-coordinate of y-intercept of the parabola previous year. He hired a new accountant.
D) y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola After analyzing the company’s situation, he
modeled this equation. The equation above
78.
shows profit of the company x-years after 2000.
Which of the following is equivalent to the
time, in seconds, the object will reach its
maximum height from ground since it 79.
launched ?
What was the profit of the company in 2000? (
A) x-intercept of the parabola Disregard the dollar sign)
B) x-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola
C) y-coordinate of y-intercept of the parabola
D) y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola 80.

After how many years was the growth rate of


the company negative?

81. What is the absolute value of profit


difference between current and previous year? (
Disregard the dollar sign)

82.
What is the meaning of 15000 in the given profit rate of the company greater than the
equation? previous year?

A) Profit of the company in 2000. A) 2020


B) 2018
B) Profit of the company in 2003.
C) 2016
C) Profit of the company in 2004. D) 2014

D) Profit of the company in 2007.

Questions 83-85 refer to the following


information.
Profit

x, number of years

The given graph represents the function f(x). It


is a parabola and can be used to model the
profit of a certain company x-years after 2010.

83.

If (x-14) is a factor of f(x), what does it


indicate?

A) Company’s profit will be maximum in


2017.
B) Company’s profit was maximum in 2024.
C) Company’s profit will be zero in 2024.
D) Company’s profit was zero in 1996.

84.

If profit of the company in 2010 and 2020 was


same, in which of the following years was the

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