You are trying to locate a buried treasure chest on the map shown. use the clues to
find its coordinates.
aia!
perilous
peaks
quicksand
quagmire
-dead man's
drop
barracuda bay
hb
volcano
valley
clues
• the chest is at the intersection of a line and a parabola.
• the line passes through (1, -3).
• the parabola has a line of symmetry x= -1.
• the line will never go through barracuda bay.
• the parabola passes through the point (1,3).
• the parabola also passes through the origin.
• the parabola goes near, but not through, perilous peaks.
• the point of intersection is not on an axis.
1. the coordinates of the treasure chest are
2. choose a point near one of the locations shown on the map. write your own
clues for a parabola and line that intersect at your point.