After you type in your equations and hit graph you notice that, if you are in the standard window, your parabola is cut off so you have to choose your "window" button to change the viewing window to see the whole graph. Then you would use your 2nd button and "trace" and "intersect" to find the points of intersection of the 2 graphs. The first point is at (-.90901, 16.81812) and the second point is at (5.9090909, 3.1818182). Graphing calculators are quite amazing!
After you type in your equations and hit graph you notice that, if you are in the standard window, your parabola is cut off so you have to choose your "window" button to change the viewing window to see the whole graph. Then you would use your 2nd button and "trace" and "intersect" to find the points of intersection of the 2 graphs. The first point is at (-.90901, 16.81812) and the second point is at (5.9090909, 3.1818182). Graphing calculators are quite amazing!
For a better understanding of the solution provided please go through the diagram in the file attached.
Let ABCD be the rectangular yard. The diagonal d=17 meters. AD=8 meters. Therefore, the length of DC can be found by applying the Pythagorean theorem in the right triangle as:
