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Questions 8, 9 and 10 are based on the information below The path of a soccer ball can be defined by the relation h = −0.025d2 +0.5d h = - 0 . 025 d 2 + 0 . 5 d , where h represents the height, in metres, and d represents the horizontal distance, in metres, that the ball travels before it hits the ground

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Answer:

(8) The horizontal distance is 20 meters

(9) Maximum height is 2.5 meters

(c) The height when the horizontal distance is 7 meters is 2.275 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]h = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex]

Solving (8): The horizontal distance which the ball lands

When the ball lands, the height is at 0.

So, we have:

[tex]h = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex]

[tex]0 = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex]

Rewrite as:

[tex]-0.025d^2 + 0.5d = 0[/tex]

Factorize

[tex]-0.025d(-d+ 20) = 0[/tex]

Split

[tex]-0.025d = 0\ or\ -d+ 20 = 0[/tex]

Solve for d

[tex]d = \frac{0}{-0.025}\ or\ -d = -20[/tex]

[tex]d = 0[/tex] or [tex]d = 20[/tex]

[tex]d = 0[/tex] ---- This represents the starting point

[tex]d = 20[/tex] ---- This represents the horizontal distance traveled

Solving (9): Maximum height

The maximum of a quadratic equation

[tex]y = ax^2 + bx + c[/tex]

is:

[tex]x = -\frac{b}{2a}[/tex]

So: [tex]h = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex] means that:

[tex]a = -0.025\ and\ b = 0.5[/tex]

The maximum is:

[tex]d = -\frac{b}{2a}[/tex]

[tex]d = -\frac{0.5}{2 * -0.025}[/tex]

[tex]d = \frac{0.5}{2 * 0.025}[/tex]

[tex]d = \frac{0.5}{0.05}[/tex]

[tex]d = 10[/tex]

Substitute [tex]d = 10[/tex] in [tex]h = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex] to calculate the maximum height

[tex]h = -0.025 * 10^2 + 0.5 * 10[/tex]

[tex]h = -2.5 + 5[/tex]

[tex]h = 2.5[/tex]

Solving (10): The height when the horizontal distance is 7m

Substitute [tex]d = 7[/tex] in [tex]h = -0.025d^2 + 0.5d[/tex]

[tex]h = -0.025 * 7^2 + 0.5 * 7[/tex]

[tex]h = -1.225 + 3.5[/tex]

[tex]h = 2.275[/tex]