SOLUTION: Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the women's heptathlon during the 1992 Olymipics in Barcelona, Spain. Her throw in the shot put, one of the seven events in the heptathlon, can be modeled

Question 251189: Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the women's heptathlon during the 1992 Olymipics in Barcelona, Spain. Her throw in the shot put, one of the seven events in the heptathlon, can be modeled by y=-0.0241x2 + x + 5.5 where x is the shot put's horizontal distance traveled (in feet) and y is its corresponding heights (in feet). How long was Joyner-Kersee's throw?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Apply the quadratic formula and you will generate the distances when x= 0.
Your two answers will be 46.411 or -4.9172.
Of course 46.411 ft is hat you want.
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