Ryan-Basketball

The Path of a Basketball
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Basketball. A guy by the name of Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball.He was born in 1861, in Ramsay township near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. He got this idea from his school days,where he played a game called "duck on a rock" outside of his one room classroom. He set the game up to have 13 rules. media type="file" key="Math.mov" width="300" height="300" The standard form of my parabola is y=-1.5x^2+9.5x I got this by making my graph and putting it in excel then did the formula of the quadratic formula. The vertex form of my parabola is y-15=-1.5(x-3)^2 i got this by going into my book and looking up the vertex form. My factored form is y=-1.5(x-0)(x-6) My Discriminent equation is -1.5x^2+9.5x+c
 * 1) The ball may be thrown in any direction with either hand.
 * 2) The ball may be batted in any direction but you cannot use a fist.
 * 3) it is illegal in the form of rules for a player to run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it.
 * 4) The ball must be held in, or between the hands. The arms or body absolutely cannot be used to catch.
 * 5) No shouldering, holding, pushing, striking or tripping in the game. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify until the next goal is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No substitution can be made.
 * 6) A foul is striking with the fist.
 * 7) If either side makes three consecutive fouls it will count as a goal for the opponents.
 * 8) Goal will be counted when the ball is thrown or batted from the ground into the basket and stays there. If the ball rests on the edge and the opponents move the basket, it will count as a goal.
 * 9) When the ball goes out of bounds, it must be thrown into the field and played by the first person touching it. In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. I
 * 10) The umpire will be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. he has the power to disqualify anyone.
 * 11) The referee shall be the judge of the ball and decide when it is in play in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the goals with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee.
 * 12) The time of the game is two 15-minute halves with five minutes' rest between.
 * 13) Wich ever side has the most goals at the end of the game is the winners.

The vertex of my parabola is 15. This is a maximum because it is opening down. this is the highest point of the ball. My x intercepts are 0 and 6.

y intercepts: 0. this is where it crosses the left side of the graph.

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