Find the Vertex
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Word Problems
Real Jeopardy
100

y=x2-2x+3

(1,2)

100

What is the domain of:

y=x2+4x-1

All Real Numbers

100

Fill in a table of values with 5 points (1 point must be the vertex).

y=x2+2

x | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

y  | 6 |  3  | 2 | 3 | 6 |

100

Rui is a professional deep water free diver.

His altitude (in meters relative to sea level),  seconds after diving, is modeled by: y=.5x2-10x

How many seconds after diving will Rui reach his lowest altitude?

10 seconds

100

Harry Potter was written by this author

J.K. Rowling

200

y=(x-2)2+2

(2,2)

200

What is the Range of:

y=(x-1)2+3

y>3

200

Fill in a table of values with 5 points (1 point must be the vertex).

y=(x-1)2

x | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

y  | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

200

April shoots an arrow upward at a speed of 80 feet per second from a platform 25 feet high. The pathway of the arrow can be represented by h(t)=-16t2+80t+25, where h is the height in feet and t is the time in seconds. 

How high is the arrow after 3 seconds?

121 ft

200

"To be, or not to be" is from this Shakespeare play

Hamlet

300
y=3x2+7

(0,7)

300

What is the Vertex of:

y=3x(x-2)

(1,-3)

300

Fill in a table of values with 5 points (1 point must be the vertex).

y=(x+2)2+1

x | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 |

y  | 5 |  2  |  1 |  2 | 5 |

300

The function h(t)=-4t2+20t represents the height (in feet) of an athlete t seconds after starting a pole vault. The bar they need to clear is 20 feet high. Will the pole vaulter clear the bar?

Yes

300

"The study of life" is known as this

Biology

400

y=.5(x+3)(x-5)

(1,-8)

400

What is the Range of:

y=-(x+1)(x-3)

y<-4

400

Fill in a table of values with 5 points (1 point must be the vertex).

y=-(x-2)(x+2)

x | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

y  | 0 |  3  | 4 | 3 | 0 |

400

You and your friend are golfing. The function h(t)=-5t2+20t represents the height (in meters) of your golf ball t seconds after it is hit. The height of your friends gold ball is shown in the graph. (#5 on Review)


Which golf ball went higher?

Your friend's golf ball went higher

400

This Canadian city is the country's capital

Ottawa

500

y=3(x+5)2-4

(-5,-4)

500

What is the increasing interval of:

y=x2+4x+1

x>-2

500

Fill in a table of values with 5 points (1 point must be the vertex).

y=-2x2+4x-4

x | -1 |  0 | 1 |  2 | 3 |

y  |-10| -4| -2| -4|-10|

500

A circus acrobat is shot out of a cannon. The equation for the acrobat's pathway can be modeled by the equation h(t)=-16t2+50t+4 (height measure in feet).

What is the maximum height of the acrobat?

43.06 ft

500

This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles

The Great Wall of China

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