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What is a real-life example of a parabola?


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Parabola: A plane curve produced by a point moving in such a way that its distance from a fixed point equals its distance from a fixed-line.

The standard equation of a regular parabola is y2=4ax, where a is the distance from the vertex to focus of the parabola.

Some real-life examples of a parabola:

  1. In yoga wheel pose is taking the shape of a parabola.
  2. The shape of Banana is taking the shape of a parabola.
  3. The Rainbow is taking the shape of a parabola.
  4. Parabolic dish antennas are taking the shape of a parabola.
  5. Surface of a concave mirror.

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