SOLUTION: You are playing tennis with a friend. The path of the tennis ball after you return a server can be modeled by the function y = -.005 +.17x +3, where x is the horizontal distance (i

Question 1073967: You are playing tennis with a friend. The path of the tennis ball after you return a server can be modeled by the function y = -.005 +.17x +3, where x is the horizontal distance (in feet) from where you hit the ball and y is the height (in feet) of the ball.

What is the maximum height of the tennis ball?
You are standing 30 feet from the net, which is 3 feet high. Will the ball clear the net?
Explain
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation looks wrong
Is it ?
If so, then:
The x-value at maximum height is
where

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and

The maximum height of the ball is 4.445 ft
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At

The ball will clear the net by
feet which is inches

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