Juanita wants to build a parabolic arch above the gate entering into her hard on top of anexisting brick wall with an opening. The width of the opening is 8 feet and the distancefrom the current top of the wall to the top of the parabolic arch is 4 feet. Find theequation of the parabolic arch described in this situation (letting the lower left side of thearch be the origin).

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Juanita wants to build a parabolic arch above the gate entering into her hard on top of an
existing brick wall with an opening. The width of the opening is 8 feet and the distance
from the current top of the wall to the top of the parabolic arch is 4 feet. Find the
equation of the parabolic arch described in this situation (letting the lower left side of the
arch be the origin).
 

 

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