Exam 3: Quadratic, Piecewise-Defined, and Power Functions

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The function defined by D(t)=13t2D ( t ) = 13 t ^ { 2 } - 73t gives the distance in feet that a car going approximately 50 mph will skid in t seconds. Find the time it would take for the car to skid 380 ft. Round to the nearest tenth.

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Graph the quadratic equation on [ [10,10] by [10,10][ - 10,10 ] \text { by } [ - 10,10 ] oes this window give a complete graph? - f(x)=x22x6f(x)=x^{2}-2 x-6  Graph the quadratic equation on [  [ - 10,10 ] \text { by } [ - 10,10 ]  oes this window give a complete graph? - f(x)=x^{2}-2 x-6

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Determine if the graph of the function is concave up or concave down - y=25(x+5)24y = - \frac { 2 } { 5 } ( x + 5 ) ^ { 2 } - 4

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Determine if the graph of the function is concave up or concave down - y=x24x+4y = x ^ { 2 } - 4 x + 4

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Give the coordinates of the vertex and graph the equation in a window that includes the vertex. - y=2x212x+22y=2 x^{2}-12 x+22  Give the coordinates of the vertex and graph the equation in a window that includes the vertex. - y=2 x^{2}-12 x+22

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The manager of big box store has found that if the price of a pillow is p(x)=95x8\mathrm { p } ( \mathrm { x } ) = 95 - \frac { \mathrm { x } } { 8 } , then x\mathrm { x } pillows will be sold. The expression for the total revenue from the sale of xx pillows is R(x)=95xx28R ( x ) = 95 x - \frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 8 } . Find the number of pillows that will produce maximum revenue.

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Solve the equation. - 5m+3=9| 5 m + 3 | = 9

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Determine if the function is concave up or concave down in the first quadrant. - y=x4/9y = x ^ { 4 / 9 }

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Find a power function that models the data in the table. Round to three decimal places if necessary. -The table lists the amount of emissions of a certain pollutant in millions of tons. Year 1980 1985 1990 1995 18.8 22.6 26.0 29.0 If the amount of emissions is modeled by a function of the form f(x)=ax2+bx+c\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { x } ) = \mathrm { ax } { } ^ { 2 } + b x + c where xx is the year, estimate th amount of emissions in the year 2025.2025 .

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Use factoring to solve the equation - 25k24=025 k ^ { 2 } - 4 = 0

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If a ball is thrown upward at 19.6 meters per second from the top of a building that is 70 meters high, the height of the ball can be modeled by S=70+19.6t4.9t2S = 70 + 19.6 t - 4.9 t ^ { 2 } meters, where t is the number of seconds after the ball is Thrown. What is the ball's maximum height?

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Find the exact solutions to the quadratic equation in the complex numbers. - (x9)2=16( x - 9 ) ^ { 2 } = - 16

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Write a quadratic equation that is most easily solved using the principle of square roots. Explain why the principle of zero products would not work as easily on the equation you wrote.

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Use the quadratic formula to - x2x=20x ^ { 2 } - x = 20

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Find the function value. -For f(x)=x9f ( x ) = | x - 9 | , find f(5)f ( 5 ) .

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Write the equation of the quadratic function whose graph is a parabola containing the given points. -An egg is dropped from the top of a 1600-foot-high building. The ball is 1456 feet above the ground after 3 seconds, and it reaches level ground in 10 seconds. The height above the ground is a quadratic function of the Time after the ball is thrown. Write the equation of this function.

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Use the graph of the function to estimate the x-intercepts. - y=x2+2x+35y=-x^{2}+2 x+35  Use the graph of the function to estimate the x-intercepts. - y=-x^{2}+2 x+35

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Solve the equation by completing the square. - 2m2+12m+5=02 m ^ { 2 } + 12 m + 5 = 0

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x265x=710x ^ { 2 } - \frac { 6 } { 5 } x = - \frac { 7 } { 10 }

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Write the equation of the quadratic function whose graph is a parabola containing the given points. - (0,2),(1,43),(3,8)( 0 , - 2 ) , \left( 1 , \frac { 4 } { 3 } \right) , ( - 3 , - 8 )

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