A cable suspended between two posts that are of the same height and 20 meters apart has a sag of 1/2 meters. If the cable hangs in a form of a parabola, find the equation and the correct illustration.
A cable suspended between two posts that are of the same height and 20 meters apart has a sag of 1/2 meters. If the cable hangs in a form of a parabola, find the equation and the correct illustration.
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Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions
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A cable suspended between two posts that are of the same height and 20 meters apart has a sag of 1/2 meters. If the cable hangs in a form of a parabola, find the equation and the correct illustration.
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