Name: ________________________

Assignment 3 - SOLUTIONS
Ms. Barnaby Date: _________________________
Mathematics 12 Advanced

1. A snowball is thrown into the air. The function h(t ) = 4.9t 2 + 20t + 1.8
expresses the relationship between the height (in meters) and the time (in
seconds).
a. What is the maximum height that snowball reaches.

h(t ) = 4.9t 2 + 20t + 1.8

b 20 20
x vertex = = = = 2.04 sec
2a 2(4.9) 9.8

h(2.04) = 4.9(2.04) 2 + 20(2.04) + 1.8

h(t ) = 22.21

The maximum height reached by the snowball would be 22.21 meters.

b. How long is the snowball in the air?

0 = 4.9t 2 + 20t + 1.8

b b 2 4ac 20 20 2 4(4.9)(1.8) 20 435.28

x= = =
2a 2(4.9) 9.8
20 20.8634
x=
9.8
x = 0.09
x = 4.17

The snowball was in the air for 4.17 seconds.

 c. If someone is 2.3m tall, what is the closest time away they can be to the
person throwing the ball and NOT get hit?

2.3 = 4.9t 2 + 20t + 1.8

0 = 4.9t 2 + 20t 0.5

b b 2 4ac 20 20 2 4(4.9)(0.5) 20 390.2

x= = =
2a 2(4.9) 9.8
20 19.7535
x=
9.8
x = 0.03
x = 4.06

The person would have to be standing at least 0.03 seconds away so they
would not get hit.

2. A tunnel is parabolic in shape with dimensions as shown. A truck carrying a wide

load needs to pass through the tunnel. The truck is 4.8m high and 3.9 m wide.
Will the truck fit through the tunnel?

(0,0)and (3,8)and (6,0)

8
1 y = ( x 3) 2 + 8
9 The truck will not fit
( y k ) = ( x h) 2
a through the tunnel
8
1 4.8 = ( x 3) 2 + 8 because it only 3.80m
( y 8) = ( x 3) 2 9 of clearance at a
a 8 height of 4.8m. The
1 3.2 = ( x 3) 2 truck is 3.9 m wide.
(0 8) = (0 3) 2 9
a 3.6 = ( x 3) 2
1
(8) = (3) 2 1.8974 = x 3
a
1 9 x = 4.90
= x = 1.10
a 8
4.90 1.10 = 3.80
3. 500 meters of fencing is available to make 4 rectangular pens of identical shape.
Find the dimensions that maximize the area of each pen, according to the
diagram below.

P = 6x + 6 y
6 x + 6 y = 500
A = 2x 2 y
A = 4 xy
250
y = x +
3
250
A = 4 x( x + )
3
1000
A = 4 x 2 + x
3
1000 1000

xvertex =
b
= 3 = 3 = 125
2a 2(4) 8 3
125 250 125
y = ( )+ =
3 3 3

250 250
The dimensions in order to maximize the area would be m by m.
3 3