BIG IDEAS MATH
#8
MODELING REAL LIFE A football player punts a football from a height of 2 feet. The ball reaches a maximum height of 50
feet after traveling 56 feet horizontally, and is caught 111 feet from where the ball was kicked. The path of the ball can be
modeled by a parabola, where y is the height (in feet) and .x is the horizontal distance traveled (in feet). At what height is the
ball caught? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
The height is about
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