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A child places a quarter into a piggy bank every week.
A child places a quarter into a piggy bank every week.
A coach models the trajectory of a ball to find out how high the player is kicking the ball.
A coach models the trajectory of a ball to find out how high the player is kicking the ball.
An accountant models the growth of a savings account that doubles every month to find how much will be in the account in 10 years.
An accountant models the growth of a savings account that doubles every month to find how much will be in the account in 10 years.
The trajectory of a balloon that rises 2 feet per second is modeled to find how high the balloon will be in 5 minutes.
The trajectory of a balloon that rises 2 feet per second is modeled to find how high the balloon will be in 5 minutes.
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The scenario that would use a quadratic equation to solve is:
A coach models the trajectory of a ball to find out how high the player is kicking the ball.
This is because the trajectory of a projectile (such as a kicked ball) is typically modeled using a quadratic equation due to the influence of gravity on its motion, resulting in a parabolic path.
