In India Many Families Use Mini Solar Cookers On Their Balconies In Most Instances The Sun S Rays Reflect Off The Par 1 (30.74 KiB) Viewed 33 times
In India Many Families Use Mini Solar Cookers On Their Balconies In Most Instances The Sun S Rays Reflect Off The Par 2 (35.88 KiB) Viewed 33 times
In India, many families use mini solar cookers on their balconies. In most instances, the sun's rays reflect off the parabolic mirror toward the dish, which is placed 32 cm from the center of the cooker. The distance from the vertex to the edge of the cooker is 68 cm. Use the diagram to help answer the discussion questions.
In the discussion, answer the following questions: 1. What are the coordinates of the edges of the cooker? What is the distance all the way across the cooker from the two points labelled "edge of cooker?" 2. Write an equation for the parabolic mirror using the coordinates. Explain how you wrote the equation.
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