2. An athlete whose event is the shot put releases a shot. When the shot whose path is shown is released at an angle of 30º, Its height, f(x), in feet, can be modeled by f(x)=-0.01x^2+0.6x+6.1, where x is the shot's horizontal distance, in feet, from its point of release  A) The maximum height is ___, which occurs___ feet from the point of release B) What is the shot's maximum horizontal distance?  C) From what height was the shot released?

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An athlete whose event is the shot put releases a shot. When the shot whose path is shown is released at an angle of 30º, Its height, f(x), in feet, can be modeled by f(x)=-0.01x^2+0.6x+6.1, where x is the shot's horizontal distance, in feet, from its point of release 

A) The maximum height is ___, which occurs___ feet from the point of release

B) What is the shot's maximum horizontal distance? 

C) From what height was the shot released? 

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