Aparabolic microphone used on the sidelines of a professional football game uses a reflective dish 24 in. wide and 5 in. deep. how far from the bottom of the dish should the microphone b placed?

check the picture below.

so the microphone looks more or less like that.

notice, if we put the center of it at the origin, the vertex (h,k) = (0,0), and the parabola passes through (12, 5).  How far from the bottom?  well, that'd be the focus point of the parabola, and that'd be "p" distance from the vertex.

1: -2 3/4, -2 1/2, -14, 0, 3, 8 1/3

2: -4, -3, -2 1/2, -2 1/4, 3 1/4,

step-by-step explanation:

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correct me if i am wrong.