Question

Please help!!

Answer 1

An architect for a golf course wants to plan a sand trap that passes between a tree and a cart path. Using these as the focus and directrix, how can the architect plan a parabolic sand trap that will be equidistant from the tree and the cart path at all times? Describe your method in full sentences.

Answer 2

@bohotness

Answer 3

Do you habe answer choices

Answer 4

It's an essay question, & it's my last one.

Answer 5

Ok ay

Answer 6

@Notamathgenius

Answer 7

Im garbage at this, sorry

Answer 8

Oh, it's cool bro.

Answer 9

Nobodies helping me...

Answer 10

Okay hold on k

Answer 11

Do you know the meaning of "directrix" and "focus" as it pertains to a parabola?

Answer 12

I know what that means.

Answer 13

okay

Answer 14

, you have the golf cart path and a tree, and you want the sand trap equidistant from them.
And you need to relate that to the parabola with it's directrix and focus.

After you know what the directrix and focus are, you can relate them to the problem. The sand trap will be the parabola, of course.

Answer 15

So, what is the cart path? And what is the tree?

Answer 16

The cart path is the directrix & the tree the vertex.

Answer 17

Yes

Answer 18

:)

Answer 19

Is that it?