1. Create a catapult that will be able to launch a bird

Question

(tennis ball) into the air.
2. Once built, create a real life situation where you would have to knock down a tower filled with pigs 30 feet away (jenga blocks or toilet paper rolls piled up).
a. Launch your bird into the air and record or take pictures of the situation where the bird does not totally knock down the tower.
b. Launch your bird into the air and record or take pictures the situation where the bird does knock down the tower. If your catapult is not able to reach the 30 feet, move your catapult closer or further away from the pile in order to knock it over. Record the distance.
3. With the photos or video, create two quadratic equations with the placement of the catapult set at the origin.
4. Determine the zeros of the two quadratic functions – what does the zeros dictate?
5. Based on the quadratic equations created, what is the maximum?