General Knowledge
What feature of a parabola is revealed as a constant in the general form of a quadratic function?
What is the y-intercept?
(x - 6)2
What is the vertex of 3(x - 1)2 + 10
(1, 10)
Which movie holds the record for highest box-office?
Avengers: Endgame
A diver is standing on a platform above the pool. He jumps form the platform with an initial upward velocity of 8 ft/s. Use the formula: h(t) = −16t2 + 8t + 24
How high is the platform?
24 ft
What is the y-intercept of the quadratic function, f(x) = 2x2 = 3x + 5?
What is (0, 5)?
Factor: x2 + 44x + 160
(x + 40)(x + 4)
What is the vertex of (x + 7)2 - 13?
(-7, -13)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: How many counties are in North Carolina
100
A ball is thrown into the air with an upward velocity of 40ft/s. Its height h in feet after t seconds is given by the function : h(t) = -16t2 + 40t + 10
How many seconds does it take the ball to reach its maximum height?
1.25 seconds
What is the concavity of the quadratic function g(x) = 1/3x2 - 6x - 11?
What is upwards?
Factor: 9x2 - 49
(3x + 7)(3x - 7)
What is the maximum of -4(x + 9)2?
(-9, 0)
The chess piece that can only be moved diagonally
Bishop
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Rafael drops a ball from a third-story window. This equation represents the approximate height, h, in meters, of the ball above the ground after it falls for t seconds.
h = -5t2 + 45
When is the ball at ground level?
3 seconds
What are the solution(s) to the quadratic function h(x) = x2 + 7x + 10?
What are (-5,0) and (-2,0)?
Factor 100 - x4
(10 + x2)(10 - x2)
What is the maximum of -x2 - 4x + 8
(-2, 12)
The first character to speak in Star Wars
C-3PO
A dolphin jumps from the water at at initial velocity of 16 feet per second. The equation h = -8t2 + 16t models the dolphin's height at any given time, t. What is the maximum height the dolphin jumps?
8 feet
What is the equivalent quadratic function in general form of k(x) = (x + 5)2 - 18
What is y = x2 + 10x + 7?
Factor: 3x2 + 13x + 36
(3x + 4)(x + 3)
What is the minimum value of (x+3)(x-5)
(1, -16)
The plastic end of a shoestring is called
An aglet
An object in launched directly upward at 64 feet per second (ft/s) from a platform 80 feet high. Its height is represented by the equation s(t) = –16t2 + 64t + 80
What will be the object's maximum height?
144 ft