document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1165710>Question 1165710</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A cable hangs in the form of a branch of a hyperbola between two poles that are 20 meters apart. The poles are 70 meters high and the cable has a sag of 2 meters midway between the poles. Find the height of the cable at a point 3 meters from one of the poles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A cable hangs in the form of a branch of a hyperbola between two poles that are 20 meters apart. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The poles are 70 meters high and the cable has a sag of 2 meters midway between the poles. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the height of the cable at a point 3 meters from one of the poles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually/traditionally, in such problems, a parabolic form is considered,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because parabolic form better corresponds to Physics.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's not multiply the amount of gibberish in this world.\r<BR>\n" );
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