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3. Water follows the path of a parabola as it comes out of a hose beginning at a height of 1.2 m. The vertex of the parabola is at the point (2, 2.5), where the x-value represents the horizontal distance the water has travelled in meters and the y-value represents the height of the water in meters. a) Write the quadratic function that represents the path of the water in vertex form. Show your work. (4 marks) b) Estimate the horizontal distance when the water hits the ground. Explain. (2 marks)

          3. Water follows the path of a parabola as it comes out of a hose beginning at a height of 1.2 m. The vertex of the parabola is at the point (2, 2.5), where the x-value represents the horizontal distance the water has travelled in meters and the y-value represents the height of the water in meters.

a) Write the quadratic function that represents the path of the water in vertex form. Show your work. (4 marks)
b) Estimate the horizontal distance when the water hits the ground. Explain. (2 marks)

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3. Water follows the path of a parabola as it comes out of a hose beginning at a height of 1.2 m. The vertex of the parabola is at the point (2, 2.5), where the x-value represents the horizontal distance the water has travelled in meters and the y-value represents the height of the water in meters.

a) Write the quadratic function that represents the path of the water in vertex form. Show your work. (4 marks)
b) Estimate the horizontal distance when the water hits the ground. Explain. (2 marks)

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5) and (0, 1.2) into the vertex form equation y = a(x-h)^2 + k, where (h, k) is the vertex. Using the point (2, 2.5): 2.5 = a(2-2)^2 + 2.5 2.5 = 0a + 2.5 a = 0 Show more…

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Water follows the path of a parabola as it comes out of a hose beginning at a height of 1.2 m. The vertex of the parabola is at the point (2, 2.5), where the x-value represents the horizontal distance the water has travelled in meters and the y-value represents the height of the water in meters. a) Write the quadratic function that represents the path of the water in vertex form. Show your work. b) Estimate the horizontal distance when the water hits the ground. Explain.

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