The vertex is the maximum or minimum point of the equation's parabola
The general form of a quadratic equation is :

If we select the first two points i.e

We substitute each point to get:


Select point (0.50, 9) and substitute into our general expression:

Solving eqn (1) and (2) simultaneously, we have

The quadratic equation is given as :

The x-coordinate of the vertex can be obtained as:

y-coordinate is obtained as :

The correct option should be the time in seconds when the ball reaches the maximum height