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Requires and understanding of the quadratic function and where and how to apply correct formulae.</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International"}, "statement": "", "advice": "<p><strong>Width of river</strong></p>\n<p>To find the width of the river first note that at \\(x=0\\) \\(y=0\\). At the opposite bank we will also have $y=0$, hence we need to solve<br/>\\[0=\\frac{180}{305}x(1-\\frac{1}{305}x)<br/>\\]<br/>This will occur at<br/>\\[1-\\frac{1}{305}x=0 \\]<br/>that is \\(x=305\\). Hence the width of the river is \\(305\\) metres.</p>\n<p><br/><strong>Height of roadway</strong></p>\n<p>We need to find the maximum value of the quadratic equation \\(y=\\frac{180}{305}x(1-\\frac{1}{305}x)\\). Expanding this gives us the equation<br/>\\[y=-\\frac{180}{93025}x^2+\\frac{180}{305}x<br/>\\]<br/>The maximum height will occur at \\(\\displaystyle{t=\\frac{-b}{2a}}\\), that is \\(\\displaystyle{t=\\frac{180\\times 93025}{305\\times 2\\times 180}= 152.5}\\) m.<br/>The maximum height is <br/>\\begin{align}h&amp;=c-\\frac{b^2}{4a}\\\\&amp;=0+\\frac{\\left(180/305\\right)^2}{4\\times180/93025}\\\\&amp;= 45 \\quad\\text{metres}\\end{align}<br/>(This value could also be found by substituting the value of \\(x\\) found above into the function.)<br/>Hence the roadway will be \\(45 + 3 =48\\) metres above the water line.<br/><br/><br/><br/></p>", "rulesets": {}, "extensions": [], "builtin_constants": {"e": true, "pi,\u03c0": true, "i": true}, "constants": [], "variables": {}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "ungrouped_variables": [], "variable_groups": [], "functions": {}, "preamble": {"js": "", "css": ""}, "parts": [{"type": "gapfill", "useCustomName": false, "customName": "", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "nextParts": [], "suggestGoingBack": false, "adaptiveMarkingPenalty": 0, "exploreObjective": null, "prompt": "<p>The Gladesville Bridge is an arch bridge which spans the Parramatta River near Sydney. The bottom of the arch of the bridge (see illustration) can be modeled by the equation \\[y=\\frac{180}{305}x(1-\\frac{1}{305}x)\\]where \\(y\\) is the height of the arch above the water line in metres and \\(x\\) is the horizontal distance from the left bank of the river in metres.</p>\n<p><img src=\"resources/question-resources/GladesvilleBridge.jpg\"/></p>\n<p>What is the width of the river? 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