Name ________________________________________ Date __________________ Class__________________ LESSON
9-3
Review for Mastery Graphing Quadratic Functions continued
Many real life situations involve quadratic functions. It is important to interpret the graphs correctly. The height in feet of a soccer ball kicked in the air can be modeled by the function f(t) = −16t 2 + 32t. Find the ball’s maximum height and the time it takes the ball to reach this height. Then find how long the ball is in the air.
The graph shows the approximate height of the soccer ball after t seconds. The x-axis is time t in seconds. The y-axis is the height h in feet. The vertex is the maximum height. 16 feet is the height at 1 second.
The height at 0 seconds is 0 feet.
The height at 2 seconds is 0 feet.
2 seconds is the length of time the ball is in the air. The maximum height is 16 feet. It takes the ball 1 second to reach this height. The soccer ball is in the air for 2 seconds. The height in feet of a rocket launched straight up in the air can be modeled by the function f(t) = −16t2 + 96t. The graph is shown.
6. Find the time it takes the rocket to reach the maximum height. ____________________________________
7. Find the rocket’s maximum height. ____________________________________
8. Find how long the rocket was in the air. ____________________________________
8. 1 9. a. An equation for the axis of symmetry of b the graph of y = ax 2 + bx + c is x = . 2a b. One approach is to use graphs, and a second approach is to use tables as in Exercises 1 and 5.
2. x = 0; (0, 6); (0, 6); Possible answers: (2, 4) and (4, 2)