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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Quadratic function problem - maximum height - frogs leap
SOLUTION ==========================
$h(x)=\displaystyle -{1\over 3}x^2+{4\over 3}x+4$
(a) We need to know where the maximum occurs, this will be on the axis of symmetry.
You may know the formula $$x={-b\over 2a}$$ for the axis of symmetry, which gives
$$x={-(4/3)\over 2(-1/3)}=2$$
[you could also see this by factorising $$h(x)=-1/3(x^2-4x-12)=-1/3(x+2)(x-6)$$ and so the max occurs half way between the x-intercepts which are $x=-2, x=6$, so max occurs at $x =(-2+6)/2=2$ as before.]
So the max occurs when $x=2$, and since the frog starts at $ x=0$, then it reached the maximum height after 2 ft.
(b) When $x=2$,
$h(2)=-1/3 (2)^2+4/3(2)+4 $
$= -4/3+8/3+4$
$=5 1/3$ or ${16\over 3}$ ft
Labels:
Maximum height,
Quadratic function
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