SOLUTION: Given that the reflector is shaped like a bowl, is 16 inches wide from rim to rim, and is 12 inches deep, if the light bulb is 4 inches long, can we say that the reflector is parab
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Question 1168307: Given that the reflector is shaped like a bowl, is 16 inches wide from rim to rim, and is 12 inches deep, if the light bulb is 4 inches long, can we say that the reflector is parabolic in nature? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
The light bubble and its length are irrelevant to the question.
The rest of the data do not define the form of the reflector with the necessity:
It can be parabolic OR can be not parabolic,
independently of and without connection with the given data.
In other words, there is no "causal relationship" between the given data and the form of the reflector.
