Question

Vinnie Testerverte is standing on the 40 yard line of the Washington Redskins when he throws a pass towards his end zone. The

equation that represents the path of the ball is y = -0.0975x2 + 3.9x + 6 where x represents the number of yards from 40 yard line and y
represents the number of feet the ball is above the ground.
1. How high is the ball when it crosses the
a) 30 yd line?
b) 15 yd line?
C) 5 yd line?

Answer 1

a.35.25

b. 42.56

c.23.06

Step-by-step explantion

Just subsitute 30, 15, and 5 for x each time for each question

ex:

y=-0.0975(5)^(2)+3.9(5)+6