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ANEK [815]
3 years ago
10

A certain bridge arch is in the shape of half an ellipse 106 feet wide and 33.9 feet high. At what horizontal distance from the

center of the arch is the height equal to 12.3 feet
Mathematics
1 answer:
nata0808 [166]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The horizontal distance from the center is 49.3883 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation of an ellipse is equal to:

\frac{x^2}{a^{2} } +\frac{y^2}{b^{2} } =1

Where a is the half of the wide, b is the high of the ellipse, x is the horizontal distance from the center and y is the height of the ellipse at that distance.

Then, replacing a by 106/2 and b by 33.9, we get:

\frac{x^2}{53^{2} } +\frac{y^2}{33.9^{2} } =1\\\frac{x^2}{2809} +\frac{y^2}{1149.21} =1

Therefore, the horizontal distances from the center of the arch where the height is equal to 12.3 feet is calculated replacing y by 12.3 and solving for x as:

\frac{x^2}{2809} +\frac{y^2}{1149.21} =1\\\frac{x^2}{2809} +\frac{12.3^2}{1149.21} =1\\\\\frac{x^2}{2809}=1-\frac{12.3^2}{1149.21}\\\\x^{2} =2809(0.8684)\\x=\sqrt{2809(0.8684)}\\x=49.3883

So, the horizontal distance from the center is 49.3883 feet

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