A hotel entrance makes a parabolic arch that can be represented by the quadratic function, y=-x^ 2 -8x+24, where y is the height of the arch and x is the distance from wall to wall in feet. What is the distance between the two walls of the arch.
A hotel entrance makes a parabolic arch that can be represented by the quadratic function, y=-x^ 2 -8x+24, where y is the height of the arch and x is the distance from wall to wall in feet. What is the distance between the two walls of the arch.
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A hotel entrance makes a parabolic arch that can be represented by the quadratic function , y=-x^ 2 -8x+24, where y is the height of the arch and x is the distance from wall to wall in feet. What
is the distance between the two walls of the arch.
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