SOLUTION: I am not sure if I am asking the right person (or section), but I posted my question on an image hosting site: http://i39.tinypic.com/2n7154w.jpg . It has something to do with "ca

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Question 303205: I am not sure if I am asking the right person (or section), but I posted my question on an image hosting site: http://i39.tinypic.com/2n7154w.jpg . It has something to do with "catenary" stuff. Can you help, please?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wow, you're in the wrong location.
You need to find the arc length.

You need to find the derivative of f(x).

The formula for arc length is








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Now you have the arc length based on "a".
Use the values given in the problem to find "a" and "C" and you'll have the arc length.

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