SOLUTION: the bed of a pond can be modeled by 30y = x2-14x + 13, where x and y are measured in meters and the x axis matches the water level of the pond. What is the width of the pond? pleas

Question 91144: the bed of a pond can be modeled by 30y = x2-14x + 13, where x and y are measured in meters and the x axis matches the water level of the pond. What is the width of the pond? please help i am confused...
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
30y=x^2-14x+13
(graph 300x200 pixels, x from -2 to 25, y from -40 to 10, 30y = x^2 -14x +13).
ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH THE WIDTH LOOKS LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 1&13 THEREFORE THE WIDTH OF THE POND IS (13-1)=12 METERS.
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