SOLUTION: a suspension has two towers that rise 500 feet above the road and connected by cable that hang in the shape of the parabola that can be represented by y=1/8960(x-2100)^2+8, where x
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Question 970721: a suspension has two towers that rise 500 feet above the road and connected by cable that hang in the shape of the parabola that can be represented by y=1/8960(x-2100)^2+8, where x and y are measured in feet and x is the distance from the left tower in the direction of the right tower. what is the distance between the two towers?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=500 at two different values of x.
Distance between these two x values:
further computing, depending on the accuracy you are allowed.
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