The cables that hold up a suspension bridge form a parabola. The distance between the towers is 600 feet, and the height of each tower is 500 feet above the roadway. What is the equation of the parabola between the two towers, using the origin marked in the image below?

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Maximization

Have you ever seen a bridge in the shape of a parabola? Where is its maximum on the bridge? The maximum of that bridge is the highest point on that bridge. The process of finding the maximum of the bridge here is called the maximization.