Section 6.2 Chapter 6 9. A parabolic satellite dish is to be built 42 meters wide and 54 meters deep. pht a) Find the length of a support that is 12 meters away from the vertex, accurate to the hundredth place. b) Find the height of the focus above the vertex, accurate to the hundredth place. Recall that 1 above the bottom of the dish. 4a the focus point is located a distance 42 m OUNG TO T X 12 m 54 m
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