Thread: Having major issues with this problem - can someone get me started?

"The relationship between the load on a reel, L (kilotons) per metre (L kNm-1) and the reel diameter, x meters, is modelled by a graph consisting of two parabolic arcs, AB and BC


Picture of graph with L on the y-axis and x(meters) on the x axis with a parabola with points in order of A,D,E,F,B and C on the parabola.


Arc AB is part of the parabola L=px^2 +qx+r. Points D(0.1, 2.025), E(0.2,2.9) and F(0.3, 3.425) lie on the arc AB. Set up a system of three simultaneous equations relating to p, q and r. DO NOT SOLVE EQUATIONS.

Can anyone give me any help with this without the graph?

Thank you so much!

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