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jonny [76]
3 years ago
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The front of a storage bunker can be modeled by y=-5/216(x-72)(x+72), where x and y are measured in inches. The x axis represent

s the ground. Find the width of the bunker at ground level.
Mathematics
1 answer:
german3 years ago
3 0
As far as I can make out this one.

the bunker is a 3D object, it has a height, with and length, however we're only concerned with the 2D front face, which has a length and width only.

we know the x-axis is the ground level, so the y-axis must be the scale for the length.

if we can find, using the provided model, the x-intercepts, namely where the x-axis gets touched, we can just get the distance between them and that's the ground level width.

keeping in mind that when the graph touches the x-axis, an x-intercept, "y" is 0.

\bf y=-\cfrac{5}{216}(x-72)(x+72)\implies \stackrel{y}{0}=-\cfrac{5}{216}(x-72)(x+72)
\\\\\\
0=\stackrel{\textit{difference of squares}}{(x-72)(x+72)}\implies 0=x^2-72^2\implies 72^2=x^2
\\\\\\
\pm\sqrt{72^2}=x\implies \pm 72=x

now, the distance from (-72, 0) and (72, 0) is just 72 +72, or 144.
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