Concept explainers
To find: Theequation of the parabolic satellite dish antenna.
Answer to Problem 64E
The standard form of the equation of the parabola is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The given graph of the parabolic antenna is,
Concept used:
Write the standard equation of a parabola along the vertical axis.
For this equation, the focus is at
Write the standard equation of a parabola along the horizontal axis.
For this equation, the focus is at
The given graph of the parabolic antenna is,
From the graph, the parabolic is along the vertical direction in the positive direction the vertex is at
The standard equation of a parabola is written as,
Thus, the standard form of the equation of the parabolais
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