The distance from ground is
.
(a).
\At what time
will ball strike the ground.
Therefore ball will strike the ground at distance
.
Substitute
in
.



or
.
The ball will strike the ground at time
is
.
(b).
\The distance from the ground and ball is
.
Therefore substitute
in
.







and 
and 
The
-intercepts are
or
.
Find the
-intercept by substituting
in


-intercept is
.
Find the vertex of above quadratic function
.

Compare it to
.
,
and
.
Since
, then the parabola open upward.


coordinate of vertex is 




Vertex 
Graph the quadratic equation
.
Draw the coordinate plane.
\Plot the intercepts and vertex.
\Connect the plotted points.
\
Therfore the time
is in between
and
.
Hence 
(a).
.
(b).
.