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Word Problems
100

If a = -2     h = -3       k = -4   How do you write 

the equation in vertex form

y = -2 ( x + 3 )2 - 4

100

What is the AOS for the equation y = -x2 - 4x ?

x = -2

100

The range of y = ( x + 1 )2 is..........

y is greater than and equal to 0

100

What is the value of "c" that completes the square for x2 - 10 x

c = 25

100

List the transformations for y = -3 ( x +1 )2

Vertex --> (-1, 0)

AofS --> h = -1

Stretched by 3

Opens down

Domain --> x is a set of all real numbers

Range --> y is less than and equal to 0


100
A punter kicked a football.  Its path is modeled by y = -4.9x2 + 22.54x + 1.1.


What is the vertex of the football?


(2.3, 27.02)

200

Convert y = -2x2 - 4x +3 into vertex form

y = -2( x + 1 )2 + 5

200

What is the y-intercept for the function 

y = 3x2 - x -11?

(0, -11 )

200

The range of y = -(x + 3 )2 +3 is...........

y is less than and equal to 3

200

What is the value of "c" that completes the square for x2 + 13x

c = 42.25

200

List transformations for y = -1/2 ( x - 5 )2 -1

Vertex --> (5, -1)

AofS --> h = 5

Compressed by 1/2

Opens down

Domain --> x is a set of all real numbers

Range --> y is less than and equal to -1

200

A water balloon is catapulted into the air.  When will it land on the ground:

y = -4.9x2 + 27x + 2.4

@ 5.6

300

y = - ( x + 2 )2 - 3        y= - ( x-6 )2 -1

Which quadratic function has the greater maximum value?

 y = - ( x-6 )2 -1

300

Which of the following is true with respect to the 

functions y = x2 -5x + 10 and y = -3x2 -3x + 10 ?

A  They have the same vertex

B  They have the same range

C  They have the same y-intercept

D  All of the above

C .   They have the same y-intercept

300

The vertex of a parabola is ( -7, -8 ) and "a" is less than 0. What is the range?

y is less than and equal to -8

300

Complete the Square to convert y = x2 - 12x +15 into vertex form

y = ( x - 6 )2 - 21

300

What is the equation of the parent function moved right 6 units, translated up 3 units and vertically

compressed by 0.91?

y = o.91( x - 6 )2 +3

300

A golf ball is hit and its height is given by y = -4.9x2 + 29.4x, where y is the height in metres and x is the time in seconds.

When does the ball land on the ground?

What is the maximum height the ball reaches?

lands on the ground at 6 seconds

max height = 44.1m

400

What is the maximum value of y = - ( x - 2 )2 -7?

At what value of x does it occur?

max y-value of -7 at x = 2

400

Which of the following functions has the narrowest

graph?   y = 1/2 x2 - 2x +10

             y = -1/10 x2 +20x -10

y = 1/2 x2 - 2x +10

400

Which value, h or k, helps to determine the range?

What is the domain of a quadratic function?

range is determined by k

domain is x is a set of all real numbers

400

Complete the Square to convert y = x2 + 7x - 1 into 

vertex form

y = ( x + 7/2 )2 - 53/4

400

Describe the transformations:

y = 2(x - 6)2 +3 

Vertex --> (6, 3)

AofS --> h = 6

Stretched by 2

Opens up

Domain --> x is a set of all real numbers

Range --> y is greater than and equal to 3

400

Wheeley Fast Co. makes custom skateboards.  Their profit is modelled by y = -2x2 + 14x - 20, where y represents their profit in hundreds of thousands of dollars and x is the number of skateboards they produce in thousands.

When do they break even (y = 0)?

How many skateboards maximize their profits?


Break even @ 5 or 2 thousand skateboards


3.5 thousand skateboards (3500) maximize their profits at $4.5 hundred thousand ($450,000)


500

Given the vertex of (-2, 5 ) and a point (0, 1), 

what is the equation in vertex form?

y = - ( x +2 )2 +5

500

Convert y = 3( x +2 )2+ 6 to standard form

y = 3x2 +12x +18

500

What is the range of y = x2 - 6x + 2 ?

y is greater than and equal to -7.

500

Complete the Square:

y = x2 - 17x + 289/4





y = ( x - 17/2 )2

500

What is the equation that results from 

y = 2 ( x - 6 )2 +3 and translating it 9 units left

and 4 units down?

y = 2 ( x +3 )2 - 1

500

Boris throws a ball vertically upward from the top of a cliff.  The path can be modelled by y = -5x2 +10x + 65, where y represents the height in metres and x represents time in seconds.

How high is the cliff?

When will the ball land on the ground?

What is the maximum height that the ball reaches?


height of cliff (0, 65) --> 65m

ball lands on ground @ 4.742 s

maximum height (1, 70) --> 70m