A soccer ball was kicked in the air and follows the path h (x) = -2x (squared) + 1x+6, where x is the time in seconds and h is the height of the soccer ball. At what time will the soccer ball hit the ground?

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Gwendolyn Mueller

Mathematics

25 March, 06:57

A soccer ball was kicked in the air and follows the path h (x) = -2x (squared) + 1x+6, where x is the time in seconds and h is the height of the soccer ball. At what time will the soccer ball hit the ground?

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Alivia Church · Answer 1

You can either factor or use quadratic formula to find where h (x) = 0

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember that the ball is on the ground when h (x) = 0 since that is the height. There will be two zeros, one is a negative number so would be before you kicked the ball, the other one will be when the ball comes back down.