SOLUTION: At a recent egg - tossing contest, one student threw an egg 80 feet. Someone in the crowd observed that egg reached a maximum height of 16 feet. What equation could be used to mode

Question 198050: At a recent egg - tossing contest, one student threw an egg 80 feet. Someone in the crowd observed that egg reached a maximum height of 16 feet. What equation could be used to model the path of the tossed egg.
Answer by arallie(162) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for trajectories where (h,k)=mid-point and (x,y)=any other point along path
we know 3 points (0,0)-starting point (40,16)-halfway point and (80,0)-end point
Substitute

Formula is:

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