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Which of the following scenarios would use a quadratic equation to solve?(1 point)

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.

A coach models the trajectory of a ball to find out how high the player is kicking the ball.

A child places a quarter into a piggy bank every week.

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The coach modeling the trajectory of a ball (option 3).

Reason: projectile motion under constant gravity is described by a quadratic in time (y = y0 + v0 t − ½gt^2). The others are exponential (doubling), linear (constant rise), or linear accumulation (quarter each week).