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)) 6 ft|1 ft A solar collector for heating water is constructed with a sheet of6 ftstainless steel that is formed into the shape of a parabola.The distance from one edge to the other is six feet. The verticaldistance 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 ofthe 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))

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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