A decorative glass pane above a doorway is constructed in the shape of the upper half of an ellipse. The glass pane has a width of 80 inches at the bottom base and a height of 20 inches at its center. Find the height of the glass pane 15 inches to the right of the center. Note: Illustrate the glass pane as a half-ellipse on the Cartesian Plane. Let the principal axis be the x-axis and its center at the origin.

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A decorative glass pane above a doorway is constructed in the shape of the upper half of an ellipse. The glass pane has a width of 80 inches at the bottom base and a height of 20 inches at its center. Find the height of the glass pane 15 inches to the right of the center.

Note: Illustrate the glass pane as a half-ellipse on the Cartesian Plane. Let the principal axis be the x-axis and its center at the origin.

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