SOLUTION: A street with two lanes, each 10 ft wide, goes through a semicircular tunnel with radius 12 ft. How high is the tunnel at the edge of each lane?

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Question 1091685: A street with two lanes, each 10 ft wide, goes through a semicircular tunnel with radius 12 ft. How high is the tunnel at the edge of each lane?
Answer by ikleyn(52802)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Calculate   at x = 10, and you will get  


the height =   =  = 6.63 ft.


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