An engineer designs a satelite dish with a parabolic cross

Last updated: 7/13/2023

An engineer designs a satelite dish with a parabolic cross section The dish is 18 ft wide at the opening and the focus is placed 9 ft from the verlex a Position a coordinate system with the origin at the vertex and the x axis on the parabola s axis of symmetry and find an equation of the parabola b Find the depth of the satellite dish at the vertex a The equation for the parabola is Type an equation Simplify your answer 180 G The figure may not be drawn to sca