FST
Unit: Quadratic Functions
Practice: Solving Quadratics
Name: ___________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________
Solve: x2 – x = 2
1. Set equation = 0: ____________________
2. Table of values:
VERTEX
3. Solutions: __________________________________________
Solve: x2 + x = 6
1. Set equation = 0: ___________________________
2. Table of values:
VERTEX
3. Solutions: _________________________________________
Parabolic Motion- Fireworks are shot at three different angles. Which angle produced the firework
that travelled the highest? Which angle produced a firework that travelled the farthest horizontal
distance? What are the maximum height for each angle? What are the horizontal distances?
Maximum Height:
Horizontal Distance:
43˚
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65˚
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35˚
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How Many solutions are there (if any)?
a.) y = x2 – 2
b.) y = x2 + 2
c.) y = 2x2
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A bottlenose dolphin jumps out of the water. The path the
dolphin travels can be modeled by h = -0.2d2 + 2d, where h
represents the height of the dolphin and d represents
horizontal distance.
a. What is the maximum height the dolphin reaches?
b. How far did the dolphin jump?