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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 Smiling Face with Glasses
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12 years ago
 Thinking Face
I don't feel like riding until everything blurs.

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12 years ago
Anyone Frowning Face

I figured it would be a parabola, with an equation like this: y = a(x - r)(x - s).
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12 years ago
no idea what so ever. Frowning Face
I don't feel like riding until everything blurs.

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12 years ago
Solve the system to find the horizontal distance and height at which point the zip line meets the waterfall.

Anyone Frowning Face

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.
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