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Quadratic models in real life

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Learn it Many real situations are quadratic: the height of a thrown ball, the area of a fenced pen, revenue from pricing. Identify what the vertex, zeros and y-intercept mean in the story before answering.

Example: h(t) = −4.9t² + 14.7t + 2: what does the 2 mean?

  1. At t = 0 the height is 2 m.
  2. The ball was thrown from 2 m above the ground.

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