6 ft |1 ft A solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of 6 ft stainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola. The distance from one edge to the other is six feet. The vertical distance is 1 foot. View of the cross section: 1 ft -3,1) (3, 1) The water will flow through a pipe that is located at the focus of the parabola. At what distance is the pipe from the vertex of the parabola? (Hint: make the vertex (0, 0))
6 ft |1 ft A solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of 6 ft stainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola. The distance from one edge to the other is six feet. The vertical distance is 1 foot. View of the cross section: 1 ft -3,1) (3, 1) The water will flow through a pipe that is located at the focus of the parabola. At what distance is the pipe from the vertex of the parabola? (Hint: make the vertex (0, 0))
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A solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of stainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola.
The distance from one edge to the other is six feet. The vertical distance is 1 foot.
The water will flow through a pipe that is located at the focus of the parabola. At what distance is the pipe from the vertex of the parabola? (Hint: make the vertex (0, 0))
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