Formula
Factor: x^2+3x-4
(X+4)(x-1)
Jim threw a baseball out of a window on the fourth floor. The position of of the baseball is determined by the parabola y= -x^2+4. How many feet from the building does the ball hit the ground?
Using the quadratic formula it lands on 2.
A Rock is thrown in the air straight up, from 3 m above the ground, with a velocity of 14m/s. Gravity pulls it down by 5m/s per second. When does it hit the ground?
Hits the ground at 3.1 seconds