A carpenter wants you to find the surface area of a shelf top. The length of the shelf is 3/4 m and the depth is 1/8 m.
The vertex is at (0, 3) so y=a(x-0)²+3, which is y=ax²+3
next, use a given point to find a: 10=a(3)²+3, so 9a=7, a=7/9
the equation is then y=

as for the first question, the shape is an ellipse, the domain is -5≤x≤5, the range is -3≤y≤3
the equation can be written as :