At the skateboard park, the hot new attraction is the U-Dip Ramp, a cement structure embedded into the ground. The cross-sectional view of the U-Dip is a
parabola that dips 15 feet below the ground. The width at ground level, its widest
part, is 40 feet across. (Problem 2-67)
Find the equation of the parabola that models the skate board ramp.
Sketch where you would put the x and y-axes and label all important points
with their values. (#, #)
Show your work for calculating (not guessing) the a-value and write the final
equation for the parabola that models the U-Dip Ramp.
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Final equation that models the U-Dip ramp: