SOLUTION: A truck with a height of 190 cm enters a tunnel with a parabolic ceiling. The width of the tunnel is 20 m and the maximum height of the tunnel is 10 m. At what minimal distance fro

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Question 1127361: A truck with a height of 190 cm enters a tunnel with a parabolic ceiling. The width of the tunnel is 20 m and the maximum height of the tunnel is 10 m. At what minimal distance from the edge of the ground level can this truck pass through the tunnel?
Please anyone help me I've been stuck on this question for a while and I have a test coming up!!
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