SOLUTION: The Shape of the galaxy arch in st.Louis Missouri resembles a parabola with the equation h=-0.00635x^2+4.0005x-0.07875 where h is the height in feet and x is the distance from one
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Question 1009156: The Shape of the galaxy arch in st.Louis Missouri resembles a parabola with the equation h=-0.00635x^2+4.0005x-0.07875 where h is the height in feet and x is the distance from one base in feet
What is the distance from one base of the arch to the other?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance between the bases is the distance between the roots of the parabolic equation...
Solving
h=-0.00635x^2+4.0005x-0.07875 = 0 gives us
x = 630 and x = .02
the distance is about 630 feet...
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