Parabola Measurement Project

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Parabola Measurement Project

• The Saint-Louis Arch
• By Aaron Alsept

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Measurements

• The arch has a height of 630 feet and a width of
  630 feet. This made it easy to find the two
  x-intercepts.
• X-Intercepts 0 , 630
• To find the Vertex I used the Completing the
  Square formula, although it is not really needed
  because of the even sides of the shape. I just
  divided 630 by 2 and got 315. I already knew
  that the max height was 630 feet.