Question: Repeat Exercise 56 for a semielliptical arch with a major axis of 40 feet and a height at the center of 15 feet. The dimensions

Repeat Exercise 56 for a semielliptical arch with a major axis of 40 feet and a height at the center of 15 feet. The dimensions of the truck are 10 feet wide by 14 feet high.
Refer to Exercise 56,
A semielliptical arch over a tunnel for a one-way road through a mountain has a major axis of 50 feet and a height at the center of 10 feet.
(a) Sketch the arch of the tunnel on a rectangular coordinate system with the center of the road entering the tunnel at the origin. Label the coordinates of the known points.
(b) Find an equation of the semielliptical arch over the tunnel.
(c) You are driving a moving truck that has a width of 8 feet and a height of 9 feet. Will the moving truck clear the opening of the arch?

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