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D E S C R I B I N G P RO J E C T I L E M OT I O N
Answer the following questions regarding the video we saw in class of a ball moving across the Cartesian Plane. Describe the motion of the ball with as much detail as possible. 1. How high does the ball go? What are the coordinates (x, y) of this point?

2. Does the ball behave differently when it is going up than when it is going back down?

3. How many times does the ball cross the x-axis?

4. At what coordinates (x, y) does the ball cross the x-axis?

5. What could the x-axis and the y-axis axes represent?

6. What might the roots represent?

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D E S C R I B I N G P RO J E C T I L E M OT I O N
Using the information from the video, collect data about the position of the ball as it moves across the Cartesian Plane. x y

x y Graph the motion of the projectile. Label the following terms on your graph. Add a title and label your axes. Maximum Vertex Axis of Symmetry Roots

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D E S C R I B I N G P RO J E C T I L E M OT I O N
Using the key information from the previous page to model the motion of the ball using a quadratic function in vertex form. Quadratic Functions: Absolute Value Functions: y = a(x-h)2 + k y = a | x - h |+ k

Use what you learned about Absolute Value Functions to help you do this. These are very similar!