(Requires technology to find a best-fit quadratic.) The

Chapter 8, Problem 8.3.18

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(Requires technology to find a best-fit quadratic.) The accompanying figure is a plot of the data in the file BOUNCE, which shows the height of a bouncing racquetball (in feet) over time (in seconds). The path of the ball between each pair of bounces can be modeled using a quadratic function. a. Select from the file BOUNCE the subset of the data that represents the motion of the ball between the first and second bounces (that is, between the first and second times the ball hits the floor). Use technology to generate a best-fit quadratic function for this subset. b. From the graph, estimate the maximum height the ball reaches between the first and second bounces. c. Use the best-fit function to calculate the maximum height the ball reaches between the first and second bounces.