SOLUTION: During televised football games, a parabolic microphone is used to capture sounds. The shield of the microphone is paraboloid with diameter of 18.75 inches and a depth of 3.66 inch
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Question 1091794: During televised football games, a parabolic microphone is used to capture sounds. The shield of the microphone is paraboloid with diameter of 18.75 inches and a depth of 3.66 inches. To pick-up the sounds, a microphone place at the focus of the paraboloid. How far (to the nearest tenth in inch) from the vertex of paraboloid should the microphone be placed?
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