Select the correct answer. During training, a baseball player filmed himself and recorded the approximate angle, in degrees, at which each baseball was hit,
along with the corresponding horizontal distance, in feet. The results are in the following table.
Angle Horizontal Distance
(degrees) (feet)
20
190
30
260
40
290
50
300
60
265
The curve of best fit for the data is y = -0.16x2 + 15x – 45, where x is the angle and y is the horizontal distance. Which is the best
prediction of the horizontal distance of a baseball hit at an angle of 35 degrees?
284 feet
275 feet
306 feet
230 feet