I need help with a math project!

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anonymous · Answer

It has to do with parabolas. I need to create an equation an solve it.

anonymous · Answer

I have to estimate the measurements of mcdonalds arches (one of the parabolas)  and write an equation for it

anonymous · Answer

I don't know if I would have to use the parabola standard form equation for the vertical or horizontal axis.

anonymous · Answer

so say if I were to say that one of the arches is 36 feet long and 32 feet wide. Where do I start?

phi · Answer

according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Arches "Meston and Fish turned the crude half-circle suggested by Richard McDonald's sketch into a tapered, sophisticated parabola, with tense, springing lines conveying movement and energy." so they really are parabolas. **if I were to say that one of the arches is 36 feet long and 32 feet wide. *** do you mean 36 high at its peak? and 32 feet wide? I would first sketch it |dw:1429472650825:dw|