Question

A cross-section​ of a light reflector is a parabola. The bulb is located at the focus. Suppose the bulb is located 11 in from the vertex of the reflector.
Use this information to make the following determinations.
Model a cross section of the reflector by writing an equation of a parabola that opens upward and has its vertex at the origin.

Answer 1

 point on the parabola reflector is (1,1/4) using your second part of the descriptio hat is 1 inch on each "side" in the cross section at the bulb. That makes the two inch cross sectional