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Re: Math Quiz: Parabola Path

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Originally Posted by maths222 View Post
I used a TI-Nspire and logic to arrive at my equations, so they are probably wrong. I will take a look at them this weekend.
Just to be clear: I am looking for an exact analytical solution, not an approximating function.

Finding a polynomial to fit the numerical parametric functions data is trivial. For example, Here's y=f(x) for the upper boundary:
1-4x2/100
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