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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone help me find the arclength of the parabola that passes through the origin, (7,8) and (14,0) please?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

First you'll need to find the equation of this parabola. Assume that this equation has the form \[y=ax^2+bx+c\] Create 3 linear equations from it by subst. the coord. of the three given points. Determine the values of a, b and c. From this point on, just apply the arc length formula. Note that this is done in the document to which Hero has referred you.

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