PLEASE help! this is so difficult! i literally cannot solve it to save my effing life.
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Answer:
(x²-10x+33)/(-8) = y
Step-by-step explanation:
The distance between any point on a parabola from both its focus and directrix are the same.
Let's say we have a point (x,y) on the parabola. We can then say that using the distance formula,
is the distance between (x,y) and the focus. Similarly, the distance between (x,y) and the directrix is |y-1| (I use absolute value here because distance is always positive). We can find this equation by taking the shortest distance from the point to the line. Because the closest point to the line will be the same x value as the point itself, the distance is simply the distance between the y value of the point and the y value of the directrix.
Equating the two equations given, we have
square both sides to get
(x-5)²+(y+3)²=(y-1)²
expand the y components
(x-5)² + y²+6y+9 = y²-2y+1
subtract y²+6y+9 from both sides
(x-5)² = -8y - 8
expand the x components
x²-10x+25 = -8y - 8
add 8 to both sides to isolate the -8y
x²-10x+33 = -8y
divide both sides by -8 to isolate y
(x²-10x+33)/(-8) = y
Answer:
a) See figure attached
b)
c)
So then the heigth for the building is approximately 30 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Part a
We can see the figure attached is a illustration for the problem on this case.
Part b
For this case we can use the sin law to find the value of r first like this:
Then we can use the same law in order to find the valueof x liek this:
And that represent the distance between Sara and Paul.
Part c
For this cas we are interested on the height h on the figure attached. We can use the sine indentity in order to find it.
And if we solve for h we got:
So then the heigth for the building is approximately 30 ft