SOLUTION: Hello, please help! :) A bridge has an arch in the shape of half an ellipse. If the equation of the ellipse, measured in feet, is... 169x^2 + 289x^2 = 48,841 Find the hei

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Question 1008270: Hello, please help! :)
A bridge has an arch in the shape of half an ellipse. If the equation of the ellipse, measured in feet, is...
169x^2 + 289x^2 = 48,841
Find the height of the arch from the road and the width of the arch?
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A bridge has an arch in the shape of half an ellipse. If the equation of the ellipse, measured in feet, is...
169x^2 + 289x^2 = 48,841 <----- highlight%28It_is_not_the_equation_for_ellipse%29
Find the height of the arch from the road and the width of the arch?
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