SOLUTION: You throw a ball toward a trash can. The ball follows a parabolic path through (10, 10), (−14, 10), and (20, 7). Will the ball pass through the center at (0, 3)?

Question 1164410: You throw a ball toward a trash can. The ball follows a parabolic path through (10, 10), (−14, 10), and (20, 7). Will the ball pass through the center at (0, 3)?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Restore the parabola based on given data.

Then check if the point (0,3) lies on parabola.

When you restore the parabola, notice and use that its vertical symmetry axis is at x = -2.

If something is UNCLEAR to you, let me know.

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