a large radio telescope has a parabolic shape opening straight up, with a diameter of 350ft at its maximum depth of 44ft. sketch a diagram of the telescope a) find and give the equation of the parabola if we place the vertex at the origin b) the reciever must be placed at the parabola's foucs. how far above the bottom of the telescope must the reciever be

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Chapter4: Rational Functions And Conics
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a large radio telescope has a parabolic shape opening straight up, with a diameter of 350ft at its maximum depth of 44ft. sketch a diagram of the telescope

a) find and give the equation of the parabola if we place the vertex at the origin

b) the reciever must be placed at the parabola's foucs. how far above the bottom of the telescope must the reciever be

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