SOLUTION: 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

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Question 251189: 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?
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Apply the quadratic formula and you will generate the distances when x= 0.
Your two answers will be 46.411 or -4.9172.
Of course 46.411 ft is hat you want.