SOLUTION: two transmission towers 40 feet high is 200 feet apart. if the lowest point of the cable is 10 feet above the ground, the vertical distance from the roadway to the cable 50 feet fr

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Question 1178391: two transmission towers 40 feet high is 200 feet apart. if the lowest point of the cable is 10 feet above the ground, the vertical distance from the roadway to the cable 50 feet from the center is?
Answer by greenestamps(13196) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Does the cable form a parabola? or some other curve?

Obviously the question can't be answered without knowing that....