A telephone line hangs between two poles 14m apart in the shape of a catenary y=20cosh(x/20)-15, where x and y are measured in meters. (a) find the slope of this curve where it meets the right pole. (b) find the angle between the line and the pole.

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anonymous · Answer

alright, so in general if we were to graph this it would look something like this:

anonymous · Answer

sorry, i'm trying to help another person at the same time! haha

anonymous · Answer

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