Asked by knmk
Yung is designing a flashlight that uses a parabolic reflecting mirror and a light source. The shape of the mirror can be modeled by mc014-1.jpg, where x and y are measured in inches. What is the focus point of the flashlight?
(–2, 0)
(0, –2)
(0, 2)
(2, 0)
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(2, 0)
The parabola is symmetric about the x-axis with vertex at the origin, so its equation is of the form y^2 = 4px. From the graph p = 2, so the focus is (p, 0) = (2, 0).
The parabola is symmetric about the x-axis with vertex at the origin, so its equation is of the form y^2 = 4px. From the graph p = 2, so the focus is (p, 0) = (2, 0).
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