SOLUTION: Please help me this: a solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of stainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola. the water will flow through a p

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Question 912888: Please help me this: a solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of stainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola. the water will flow through a pipe that is located at the focus of the parabola. At what distance from the vertex is the pipe?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=a%28y-k%29%5E2+%2Bh
V(h,k)
F((h+p),k) , D = sqrt((p)^2) = p, where p = 1/4a