Partnering up with Tiger Weeds is Jordan Spittoon out of the Dallas area. He hits a shot that
goes 280 feet and skims the top of a 120-foot tree at the peak of the ball’s path.
a. Use regression and/or matrices to create an equation for the path of the ball, h(x).

b. Write the equation for the golf ball’s path using the vertex form of the equation for a
parabola.

c. What is the angle at which the golf ball takes off?

d. In order to introduce the parameter of time, t, into this situation, find the time it takes
the ball to fall to the ground from its maximum height. ( h(t) = −16t

2 , gravity using feet)

e. Find the ball’s speed when it hits the ground.

f. Write a parametric relation for the ball’s path that incorporates time and relates this
parameter to the distance and height that the ball travels.