The Problem. A waterway in a theme park has a semicircular section with a diameter of 11 ft. The boats that are going to be used in this waterway have rectangular cross-sections and are found to submerge 1 ft into the water. If the waterway is to be filled with water 4.5 ft deep, what is the maximum possible width of the boats? 11 ft 4.5 ft From the problem, fill in the blanks. 1. The center is at (0,0). The radius of the circle is 2. Using the answer in #1 above, give the equation of the circle: (_)2 + _)? = 3. If the center is at the origin, and let y=-1 as the level of the water surface, then the base of the boat will be at y =

The Problem. A waterway in a theme park has a semicircular section with a diameter of 11 ft. The boats that are going to be used in this waterway have rectangular cross-sections and are found to submerge 1 ft into the water. If the waterway is to be filled with water 4.5 ft deep, what is the maximum possible width of the boats? 11 ft 4.5 ft From the problem, fill in the blanks. 1. The center is at (0,0). The radius of the circle is 2. Using the answer in #1 above, give the equation of the circle: (_)2 + _)? = 3. If the center is at the origin, and let y=-1 as the level of the water surface, then the base of the boat will be at y =

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

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Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

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Chapter7: Conic Sections And Quadratic Systems

Section7.1: The Circle And The Parabola

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