The general form of parabola equation is
.
The maximum height of parabola is
and the span is
.
Therefore the vertex is
.
And the
-intercept are
and
.
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in
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, hence
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in
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Multiply
by
and substract from
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The equation of parabola is
.
Find the height of the arc when
from center , ie.
.
Substitute
in the equation
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from center , ie.
.
Substitute
in the equation
.


.
from center , ie.
.
Substitute
in the equation
.


.
Graph:
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is:
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Observe the graph:
\The vertex is
.
The
-intercept is
.
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