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Math Quiz: Parabola Path



The center of a circle of radius=1 traverses the parabolic trajectory.. y = -0.0433*x2.. from x=-5 to x=+5 in the XY plane, and as it does so it "sweeps out" a path with upper and lower boundaries.

Find the equations for the upper and lower boundary curves.



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