You throw a ball straight up from a rooftop. The ball misses the rooftop on its way down and eventually strikes the ground. A mathematical model can be used to describe the relationship for thw ball height above the ground, y, after x seconds.  a. Find the quadratic function y=ax2 + bx +c whose graph passes through the given points. b. Use the function in part (a) to find the value for y when x=5 X, seconds after the ball is thrown y, ball's height, in feet, above the ground     1 304     3 4 217

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You throw a ball straight up from a rooftop. The ball misses the rooftop on its way down and eventually strikes the ground. A mathematical model can be used to describe the relationship for thw ball height above the ground, y, after x seconds. 

a. Find the quadratic function y=ax2 + bx +c whose graph passes through the given points.

b. Use the function in part (a) to find the value for y when x=5

X, seconds after the ball is thrown y, ball's height, in feet, above the ground    
1 304    

3

4

217

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