A building facade is in the shape of a semi ellipse, with the major axis as the span. If the span is 100 ft. and the height is 30 ft., find the height of a point on the arc of the facade at the point 20 ft. from the minor axis. Show the complete solution and sketch its graph.

A building facade is in the shape of a semi ellipse, with the major axis as the span. If the span is 100 ft. and the height is 30 ft., find the height of a point on the arc of the facade at the point 20 ft. from the minor axis. Show the complete solution and sketch its graph.

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Chapter7: Conic Sections

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