Question

Can someone please help me with this?
A dirt bike racer wants to plan a path between a giant boulder and a fence that lines his property. Using these as the focus and directrix, how can the racer plan a parabolic path that will be equidistant from the boulder and the fence at all times? Describe your method in full sentences.

Answer 1

By using distance formula

Answer 2

wait, what did you just do?

Answer 3

I plugged in distance formula

Answer 4

the biker wants to go tthrough the same distance as the boulder & fence.

Answer 5

I'm very confused

Answer 6

Let's work it out; what do you think it is?

Answer 7

If he knew the vertex, he can find the value of p (the distance from the vertex to the focus). that's all I know @misssunshinexxoxo

Answer 8

x^2 = 4py, his equation

Answer 9

im bad at math