SOLUTION: Describe a real life application of a parabola.

Question 255890: Describe a real life application of a parabola.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One easy example is a dish network TV parabola. THe signals are sent from a satellite to the dish network focal point and then they bounce into the receiver and then the signal is converted to tv.
Hope that is what you were looking for.
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