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Quadratic Word Problems.notebook February 26, 2020
Quadratic Word Problems
The path of a kicked football is shown in the
graph below. Answer the following questions
and then write an equation representing the
graph.
a) What is the maximum
height the football reaches?
ft
Height (h)
b) When will the ball reach
its maximum?
time (t)
c) When will the ball hit the
ground?
seconds
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Quadratic Word Problems.notebook February 26, 2020
Quadratic Word Problems
Average Rate of change
Average
=
=
rate of change
Find the average rate of change for
2
f(x) = x + 2x 5 on the interval [1, 3]
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Quadratic Word Problems.notebook February 26, 2020
Quadratic Word Problems
The number of bacteria in a refrigerated food is given by
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N(t) = 20t 20t + 120, for 2 ≤ t ≤ 14 and where t is the temperature of the
food in Celsius.
a) At what temperature will the number of bacteria be minimal?
b) What is the minimum number of bacteria?
c) What is the average rate of change from 2 < t < 14?
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Quadratic Word Problems.notebook February 26, 2020
Quadratic Word Problems
The value of Jennifer's stock portfolio is given by the function
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v(t) = 50 + 73t 3t , where v is the value of the portfolio in hundreds of
dollars and t is the time in months.
a) How much money did Jennifer start with?
b) What will the value of her portfolio be at its maximum?
c) What is the average rate of change from [0, 5]
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