Projectile Motion
Attributes of Graphs
Focus & Directrix
Writing Equations
100

An object is fired straight up from the top of a 200-foot tower at a velocity of 80 feet per second. The height h(t) of the object t seconds after firing is given by h(t) = -16t2 + 80t + 200. 

Find the initial height of the object.

What is 200 feet?

100

An open circle means you would use ___________

A closed circle means you would use ___________

(Parenthesis or Bracket)

What is a Parenthesis?

What is a Bracket?

100

Vertex: (0, 0)

Focus: (0, -4)

Find the p-value.

What is - 4?

100

Write the equation of the parabola with the points (0, -3), (-2, -7), and (-4, -3).

What is y = x2 + 4x - 3?

200

An object is fired straight up from the top of a 200-foot tower at a velocity of 80 feet per second. The height h(t) of the object t seconds after firing is given by h(t) = -16t2 + 80t + 200. 

Find the maximum height of the object.

What is 300 feet?

200

Find the range of the equation in interval notation. 

f(x) = 4(x+1)2 - 8

What is [-8, infinity)?

200

Vertex: (0, 0)

Focus: (5, 0)

Find the direction of the parabola.

(Horizontal or Vertical)

(Opens up/down/left/right)

What is Horizontal and opens right?

200

Write a function in vertex form to describe the graph that has a vertex of (2, -3) and passes through the point (-4, 6).

What is y = (1/4)(x - 2)2 - 3?

300

An object is fired into the air from a height of 250 meters and follows a path given by the function: h(t) = -4.9t2 + 55t + 250, where the x & y components are measured in meters and time t in seconds. 

Find the initial height of the object.

What is 250 meters?

300

Find the value of c that will make the graphs of 

f(x) = 4x2 - 24x + c

and 

y = 4(x-3)2+1 

be the same.

What is 37?

300

Write the vertex form equation for a horizontal parabola.

What is x = 1/4p (y - k)2 + h?

300

Jack started a business making and selling fashionable hates. Below is the data collected of his cost c for producing x number of hats. Find the quadratic equation to describe the data.

(Number, Cost)

(0, 1500), (300, 3000), (600, 5000), (1000, 9500), (1200, 12000), 1300, 14000)


What is y = 0.0005x2 + 2.76x + 1566.70?

400

An object is fired into the air from a height of 250 meters and follows a path given by the function: h(t) = -4.9t2 + 55t + 250, where the x & y components are measured in meters and time t in seconds. 

Find the maximum height of the object (Round to the hundredths place)

What is 404.34 meters?

400

Write the equation that has the same axis of symmetry as the graph of:

y = -2x2 + 4x - 3

(Answer choices from you review packet)

What is y = (x-1)2?

400

Find the equation for a parabola with a vertex at the origin and focus at (0, -4).

What is y = (-1/16)x?

400

A quadratic function has an axis of symmetry at x = 3, a maximum value at 3 and zeros at 2 and 4. 

Find the "a" value of y = a(x-h)2 + k for this quadratic.

What is -3?

500

The height of a model rocket that is fired into the air can be represented by a quadratic function. Based on the data in the table, find the height in feet of the rocket above the ground 3 seconds after being launched.

(Table in your review)

What is 48 feet?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Find the vertex, axis of symmetry, and vertex form of the quadratic equation: 

y = x2 + 6x + 8

What is (-3, -1)?

What is x = -3?

What is y = (x+3)2 - 1?

500

At a celebration, a firework is projected vertically into the air and reaches a maximum height of 100 meters. The path of the firework is parabolic and lands on the ground 30 meters from the launch site. 

Write the equation in standard form that represents the path or the flying object.

What is y = -0.4x2 +13x?