A video of the path of a ball thrown by a baseball player was analyzed with a grid covering the TV screen. The video was paused three times, and the position of the ball was measured each time. The coordinates obtained are shown in the table. (x and y are measured in feet.) Horizontal distance, x 0 15 30 Height, y 6.0 9.8 12.4 (a) Use a system of equations to find the equation of the parabola y = ax2 + bx + cthat passes through the three points. Solve the system using matrices. (Round each coefficient to four decimal places.) Equation= y=-0.0027x^2+0.2933x+6 (d) Analytically find the maximum height of the ball and the point at which the ball struck the ground. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) What would be the maximum height?
A video of the path of a ball thrown by a baseball player was analyzed with a grid covering the TV screen. The video was paused three times, and the position of the ball was measured each time. The coordinates obtained are shown in the table. (x and y are measured in feet.)
Horizontal distance, x
0
15
30
Height, y
6.0
9.8
12.4
(a) Use a system of equations to find the equation of the parabola
y = ax2 + bx + c
that passes through the three points. Solve the system using matrices. (Round each coefficient to four decimal places.)
Equation= y=-0.0027x^2+0.2933x+6
(d) Analytically find the maximum height of the ball and the point at which the ball struck the ground. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
What would be the maximum height?
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