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The parabola is opened down --- it means that the leading coefficient at the quadratic term is negative.
The zero level is at x= 0 and x= 100 feet. Hence, the parabola has the form
y(x) = a*x*(x-100)
with the unknown coefficient "a". We know that y= 25 at x= 50 (half way from x= 0 to x= 100), so
25 = a*50*(100-50) = a*50*(-50).
It gives
a = - = - .
Thus the final equation of the parabola is
y(x) = -0.01*x*(x-100).
You can transform it to any other equivalent form.
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