document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=251189>Question 251189</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #183988 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=183988\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Apply the quadratic formula and you will generate the distances  when x= 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your two answers will be 46.411 or -4.9172.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Of course 46.411 ft is hat you want. </SPAN>\n" );
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