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A castle entrance has walls that can be modeled by the equation x^2/10^2 - y^2/30^2 = 1 with units in feet. How wide is the entrance where the walls are closest together?

10 ft

20 ft

30 ft

60 ft

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Answer:

The entrance is30 ft wide

User JoeFletch
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Answer:

20 feet

Explanation:

When graphing, we see that the length of the transverse axis is the shortest distance, which is a length of 20 feet from one wall to the other.

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