SOLUTION: A sound receiving dish used at outdoor sporting events is constructed in the shape of a paraboloid, with its focus 5 inches from the vertex. Determine the width of the dish if the

Question 1158255: A sound receiving dish used at outdoor sporting events is constructed in the shape of a paraboloid, with its focus 5 inches from the vertex. Determine the width of the dish if the depth is to be 3 feet. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Vertex at origin, parabola concave up.

p is distance from the focus to vertex.

Question asks for if .
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