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document.write( "A satellite dish has a shape of paraboloid. The signals that it receives is reflected to the receiver that is located at the focus of the paraboloid. If dish is 8 feet across at its opening and 1 foot deep at its vertex, determine the location (distance from the vertex of the dish) of its focus.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #706388 by ikleyn(52790)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "A satellite dish has a shape of paraboloid. The signals that it receives is reflected to the receiver that is located \n" ); document.write( "at the focus of the paraboloid. If dish is 8 feet across at its opening and 1 foot deep at its vertex, determine the location \n" ); document.write( "(distance from the vertex of the dish) of its focus. \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Let us represent the parabola by the equation y =\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer. The distance from the vertex to the focus of the parabola / paraboloid is 4 feet.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The solution by @josgarithmetic and his answer \"1 feet\" is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "You have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic \n" ); document.write( "\"Conic sections: Parabolas. Definition, major elements and properties. Solved problems\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |