SOLUTION: Find a function N(x) that will models a Norman arch that's 15 feet tall and 16fwet wide at the base

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Question 1097700: Find a function N(x) that will models a Norman arch that's 15 feet tall and 16fwet wide at the base
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


That's the top half of an ellipse with the equation:



where b=8 (the semi-minor axis, or half the 16 ft. base), 
and a=15, the semi-major axis, the 15 ft arch height.



Simplify and solve that for y, taking only the positive
square root, and you'll get:



Edwin
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