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Question 1165710: 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.
Answer by ikleyn(52756)   (Show Source):
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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.
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Usually/traditionally, in such problems, a parabolic form is considered,
because parabolic form better corresponds to Physics.
Let's not multiply the amount of gibberish in this world.
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