SOLUTION: During a baseball game, a player’s ball hit into the outfield is modeled by the equation h = –16t2 + 65t. A bird flying across the field follows the path modeled by the equation h
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Question 822621: During a baseball game, a player’s ball hit into the outfield is modeled by the equation h = –16t2 + 65t. A bird flying across the field follows the path modeled by the equation h = 8t + 20. Let t be the time since the ball is hit and h be the height. What do the intersection points of the equations represent?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ball's equation:
(1)
Bird's equation:
(2)
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To find the intersections, I'll say
that is the same for both
Use quadratic formula
and, also:
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These are the times at which the heights of the
bird and the ball are the same
Here's the plot of both trajectories:
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What I would say the intersections represent is that
if the bird is 20 feet directly above the batter at the
exact moment the ball is hit, the 1st intersection is
the height and time of the collision.
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If the bird wasn't exactly overhead, but followed the same
path, the 2nd intersection is the only height and time
for a possible collision.
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