Fan and medal HELP PLEASE !!
When a ball is thrown, the path it travels is a parabola. Suppose a baseball is thrown from ground level, reaches a maximum height of 50 feet, and hits the ground 200 feet from where it was thrown. Assuming this situation could be modeled on a coordinate plane with the focus of the parabola at the origin, find the equation of the parabolic path of the ball. Assume the focus is on ground level. ?

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Fan and medal HELP PLEASE !!
When a ball is thrown, the path it travels is a parabola. Suppose a baseball is thrown from ground level, reaches a maximum height of 50 feet, and hits the ground 200 feet from where it was thrown. Assuming this situation could be modeled on a coordinate plane with the focus of the parabola at the origin, find the equation of the parabolic path of the ball. Assume the focus is on ground level. ?

jhannybean · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

can you explain how I can find the equation, this confused me a lot :(

jhannybean · Answer

Hmm... let's try drawing it on a coordinate plane. |dw:1442354849953:dw|