Question

Amanda is practicing her dives off the diving board. When she dives into the water, the path her body makes and where she resurfaces can be modeled by the equation 0=2−8+7 where is the number of horizontal feet she travels. Solve the equation to find the number of feet she will travel before coming back to the surface of the water.

Answer 1

The number of feet she will travel back is 1 or 7 feet

Explanation:

Here, we need to solve the quadratic equation

That will be as follows;

0 = x^2 -8x + 7

x^2-x-7x+ 7 = 0

x(x-1)-7(x-1) = 0

(x-1)(x-7) = 0

x = 1 or 7

The number of feet she will travel before coming back to the surface of the water is 1 or 7 feet