# A HOUSE? Pillars And Arches in MATH?Ahhh

by aisha
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 P: 587 Im given a picture of a house, There is a traingular arch on top of the entrance held up by 2 pillars. point * l___________l l___________l l___________l 10 ft The distance between the pillars is 10 ft the pillars are 7 ft high and distance from the ground to the triangle arches point is 10ft. The question said to sketch the pillars and arch on a grid, which I did. 1.)It says for each of the two pillars, determine an equation that models it? and then state the domain and range of each equation. (I dont even know where to start on this) 2)also determine the function that models the triangular arch. (I have no idea!) state the domain and range
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 Quote by aisha Im given a picture of a house, There is a traingular arch on top of the entrance held up by 2 pillars. point * l___________l l___________l l___________l 10 ft The distance between the pillars is 10 ft the pillars are 7 ft high and distance from the ground to the triangle arches point is 10ft. The question said to sketch the pillars and arch on a grid, which I did. 1.)It says for each of the two pillars, determine an equation that models it? and then state the domain and range of each equation. (I dont even know where to start on this) 2)also determine the function that models the triangular arch. (I have no idea!) state the domain and range
For 1) did you number your coordinates? The domain and range will all be dependent on where you place your pillars. I'm assuming the pillars will just be a line. The domain will be whatever x value the pillar is restricted to. The Range will be the height of the pillar.

For 2) It will be an absolute value equation. It's hard to explain, so it might be easier if you do 1 first.
 P: 587 yes i understand that the eqn for the arch will be an absolute value one but what about the pillars? What is the equation for the straight pillars? I dont understand how to do this.
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A HOUSE? Pillars And Arches in MATH?Ahhh

 Quote by aisha yes i understand that the eqn for the arch will be an absolute value one but what about the pillars? What is the equation for the straight pillars? I dont understand how to do this.
It will be a vertical line... x = whatever...
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 Quote by apchemstudent It will be a vertical line... x = whatever...
x=0 and x=10? ok I know that much but im wondering these lines will go on forever how do I make them stop at 7ft?
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 Quote by aisha x=0 and x=10? ok I know that much but im wondering these lines will go on forever how do I make them stop at 7ft?
That's where the range comes in...
 P: 587 x=0 y=7 , and x=10 y=7? When there is range this doesnt look like an equation anymore it looks more like a pair of coordinates.
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 Quote by aisha x=0 y=7 , and x=10 y=7? When there is range this doesnt look like an equation anymore it looks more like a pair of coordinates.
They're the coordinates of the pillars' tops.(???,correct English word?? ).However the equation for the pillars are simple:
$$P_{1}:(x=0,0\leq y\leq 7)$$ and $$P_{2}:(x=10,0\leq y\leq 7)$$
Tell us (u didn't make the drawing available) what shape that triangle has.Is it isosceles??If so,the problem to find the equations for its three sides is terribly simple.

Daniel.

PS.For the pillars,u can use the 'closed interval' notation.
 P: 587 yes the triangle on top of the pillars is an isosceles triangle