A man catapults a a watermelon off of a building. The path that the watermelon takes is modeled by the quadratic function y=-162²+ 32 + 50, where y is the
(in feet) of the watermelon after z
The vertex is (
ZW
So, the watermelon reaches a
On the left side of the axis of symmetry, the height of the watermelon
watermelon
as time increases.
According to the x-intercepts, the watermelon will hit ground after about
height
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seconds.
height of
as time increases. On the right side of the axis of symmetry, the height of the
#seconds #0 #1
#maximum #minimum
increases #decreases
feet and the axis of symmetry is at