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Title: A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle envir Post by: gohar90211 on May 10, 2012 A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle environments. One particular zip line takes the passengers through a waterfall. The maximum height of which in 167 ft. The waterfall is 167 ft high. The zip line is 130 ft high. The horizontal distance fromt he zipline is 100 ft. and the waterfal touches the ground at 65 ft of that 100 ft.
A) Model this scenario with a system of equations. B) Solve the system to find the horizontal distance and height at which point the zip line meets the waterfall. Report the answer to the nearest hundredth of a metre. Thanks everyone, this is great 8-) Title: Re: A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle envir Post by: BearPro on May 12, 2012 :thi:
Title: Re: A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle envir Post by: gohar90211 on May 12, 2012 Anyone :(
I figured it would be a parabola, with an equation like this: y = a(x - r)(x - s). Title: Re: A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle envir Post by: BearPro on May 12, 2012 no idea what so ever. :(
Title: Re: A canopy tour company designs the zip line rides through forest and jungle envir Post by: bio_man on May 12, 2012 Solve the system to find the horizontal distance and height at which point the zip line meets the waterfall. Anyone :( I figured it would be a parabola, with an equation like this: y = a(x - r)(x - s). It says solve a system, to which I think they want a set of linear equations. I don't think your presumption is correct. This is a complicated question and I don't think it was written with much thought. |