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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=\\frac{9}{10}\\). At the opposite bank we will also have $y=\\frac{9}{10}$, hence we need to solve<br/>\\[\\frac{9}{10}=-\\frac{2}{125}x^2+\\frac{210}{125}x+\\frac{9}{10}<br/>\\]</p>\n<p>or \\[0=-\\frac{2}{125}x^2+\\frac{210}{125}x=\\frac{2}{125}x\\left(105-x\\right)<br/>\\]<br/>This will occur at<br/>\\[105-x=0 \\]<br/>that is \\(x=105\\). Hence the width of the river is \\(105\\) metres.</p>\n<p><br/><strong>Height of arch</strong></p>\n<p>We need to find the maximum value of the quadratic equation \\(y=-\\frac{2}{125}x^2+\\frac{210}{125}x+\\frac{9}{10}\\).<br/>The maximum height will occur at \\(\\displaystyle{x=\\frac{-b}{2a}}\\), that is \\(\\displaystyle{x=\\frac{210\\times 125}{2\\times 2\\times 125}= 52.5}\\) m.<br/>The maximum height is <br/>\\begin{align}h&amp;=c-\\frac{b^2}{4a}\\\\&amp;=\\frac{9}{10}+\\frac{\\left(210/125\\right)^2}{8/125}\\\\&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/><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 arch of the Gateshead Millenium Bridge in the United Kingdom (see illustration), forms a parabola which can be described by the equation \\[y=-\\frac{2}{125}x^2+\\frac{210}{125}x+\\frac{9}{10}\\]</p>\n<p>where \\(y\\) is the height of the arch above the water line in metres and \\(x\\) is the horizontal distance from the left end of the arch in metres.</p>\n<p><img src=\"resources/question-resources/Gateshead_bridge.jpg\"/></p>\n<p>What is the width of the arch at it's base? 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