document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=764920>Question 764920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have an upside down \"U\" parabola. I have two line segments that cross the parabola at perfectly even slope (y=a and y=b). How can I \"fit\" those lines into the parabola in a way where I can determine the distance between the line segments. Essentially, a minus b? Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #465870 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=465870\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The distance between the two lines is |a-b|.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since your description is given without values to numbers, a general parabola <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=Qx%5E2%2Bdx%2Bc ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=Qx%5E2%2Bdx%2Bc\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and having a maximum point vertex would require that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Q%3C0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Q%3C0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  You can complete the square to find standard form of this parabola and find the vertex point.  The y value of this vertex point must be greater than a and b.   </SPAN>\n" );
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