document.write( "Question 956118: Okay, I'm sorry but I really don't understand what you did there. To specify a bit more.\r
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document.write( "The dimensions of the facade of the house, should be 7m wide and 4 ms high, it should be a parabola, use the origin of the parabola as one corner. Find the quadratic equation to that. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #584112 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The dimensions of the facade of the house, should be 7m wide and 4 ms high, it should be a parabola, use the origin of the parabola as one corner. Find the quadratic equation to that. \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "3 points are (0,0), (3.5,4) and (7,0) \n" ); document.write( "y = ax^2 + bx + c \n" ); document.write( "At x = 0, y = 0 --> c = 0 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "At x = 7, y = 0 \n" ); document.write( "49a + 7b = 0 \n" ); document.write( "7a + b = 0 \n" ); document.write( "b = -7a \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "At x = 3.5, y = 4 \n" ); document.write( "12.25a + 3.5b = 4 \n" ); document.write( "Sub for b \n" ); document.write( "12.25a - 24.5a = 4 \n" ); document.write( "-12.25a = 4 \n" ); document.write( "a = -16/49 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "b = 16/7 \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "--> \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |