document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=956114>Question 956114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Question 956107\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"A parabola does not have a width and height. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you explain what you mean by 7 m wide and 4 m high? Above the x-axis? Below?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please repost.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is a repost. basically what I meant by it is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Design a house with the front facade in the shape of a parabola. The dimensions of the parabola, 7m's wide by 4m's high. Find the quadratic equation of the parabola design. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #584104 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=584104\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> OK, assume that the ground is the x-axis and the y-axis is the axis of symmetry.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the vertex form,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So then,<BR>\n" );
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