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Step-by-step explanation:
Q&A. Can more than one formula from a piecewise function be applied to a value in the domain? No. Each value corresponds to one equation in a piecewise formula.
Not exactly sure what values are represented here.
Myra is 51 inches tall.
We'll use Susan as our base for this. She is 50 inches tall, and ignoring Myra or now, we move on to Elanie, who is said to be 2 inches shorter than Susan - therefore, Elanie is 48 inches tall. Now that we know this, we can return to Myra's information which says she is 3 inches taller than Elanie, which would mean she is in fact 51 inches tall.
Check the picture below, so the parabola looks more or less like so, with a "p" distance of 3 and the vertex at the origin, keeping in mind the vertex is half-way between the focus point and the directrix.
![\textit{horizontal parabola vertex form with focus point distance} \\\\ 4p(x- h)=(y- k)^2 \qquad \begin{cases} \stackrel{vertex}{(h,k)}\qquad \stackrel{focus~point}{(h+p,k)}\qquad \stackrel{directrix}{x=h-p}\\\\ p=\textit{distance from vertex to }\\ \qquad \textit{ focus or directrix}\\\\ \stackrel{"p"~is~negative}{op ens~\supset}\qquad \stackrel{"p"~is~positive}{op ens~\subset} \end{cases} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7Bhorizontal%20parabola%20vertex%20form%20with%20focus%20point%20distance%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%204p%28x-%20h%29%3D%28y-%20k%29%5E2%20%5Cqquad%20%5Cbegin%7Bcases%7D%20%5Cstackrel%7Bvertex%7D%7B%28h%2Ck%29%7D%5Cqquad%20%5Cstackrel%7Bfocus~point%7D%7B%28h%2Bp%2Ck%29%7D%5Cqquad%20%5Cstackrel%7Bdirectrix%7D%7Bx%3Dh-p%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20p%3D%5Ctextit%7Bdistance%20from%20vertex%20to%20%7D%5C%5C%20%5Cqquad%20%5Ctextit%7B%20focus%20or%20directrix%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cstackrel%7B%22p%22~is~negative%7D%7Bop%20ens~%5Csupset%7D%5Cqquad%20%5Cstackrel%7B%22p%22~is~positive%7D%7Bop%20ens~%5Csubset%7D%20%5Cend%7Bcases%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20~%5Cdotfill)
