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document.write( "7. A basketball is tossed from the top of a 3-m wall. The path of the basketball is defined by the relation y=-x^2+2x+3, where x represents the horizontal distance travelled, in metres, and y represents the height, in metres, above the ground. How far has the basketball travelled horizontally when it lands on the ground?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ground is zero meters above the ground, so you want to know the value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> when <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y = 0\">.  Hence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -x^2 + 2x + 3 = 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve the quadratic for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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