A toy car is rolled along an elevated track. A quadratic equation mod… | Math SAT Question

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A toy car is rolled along an elevated track. A quadratic equation models the car’s height above the ground, in inches, seconds after it started rolling. The model shows that after

1

second the car was at a height of

11

inches and after

5

seconds the car was at its minimum height of

2

inches. Which of the following could be the graph of this model?

Graph A

Graph B

Graph C

Graph D