Golden Gate Bridge Completed in 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is 2.7 km long and weighs about 890,000 tons. The length of the span between the two central towers is 1280 m; the towers themselves extend 152 m above the roadway. The cables that support the deck of the bridge between the two towers hang in a parabola (see figure). Assuming the origin is midway between the towers on the deck of the bridge, find an equation that describes the cables. How long is a guy wire that hangs vertically from the cables to the roadway 500 m from the center of the bridge?
Golden Gate Bridge Completed in 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is 2.7 km long and weighs about 890,000 tons. The length of the span between the two central towers is 1280 m; the towers themselves extend 152 m above the roadway. The cables that support the deck of the bridge between the two towers hang in a parabola (see figure). Assuming the origin is midway between the towers on the deck of the bridge, find an equation that describes the cables. How long is a guy wire that hangs vertically from the cables to the roadway 500 m from the center of the bridge?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the equation of the path followed by the cables joining the towers and the guy wire that hangs vertically from the roadway at 500 m.
Golden Gate Bridge Completed in 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is 2.7 km long and weighs about 890,000 tons. The length of the span between the two central towers is 1280 m; the towers themselves extend 152 m above the roadway. The cables that support the deck of the bridge between the two towers hang in a parabola (see figure). Assuming the origin is midway between the towers on the deck of the bridge, find an equation that describes the cables. How long is a guy wire that hangs vertically from the cables to the roadway 500 m from the center of the bridge?
A graph of the function f is given below:
Study the graph of ƒ at the value given below. Select each of the following that applies for the value a = 1
Of is defined at a.
If is not defined at x = a.
Of is continuous at x = a.
If is discontinuous at x = a.
Of is smooth at x = a.
Of is not smooth at = a.
If has a horizontal tangent line at = a.
f has a vertical tangent line at x = a.
Of has a oblique/slanted tangent line at x = a.
If has no tangent line at x = a.
f(a + h) - f(a)
lim
is finite.
h→0
h
f(a + h) - f(a)
lim
h->0+
and lim
h
h->0-
f(a + h) - f(a)
h
are infinite.
lim
does not exist.
h→0
f(a+h) - f(a)
h
f'(a) is defined.
f'(a) is undefined.
If is differentiable at x = a.
If is not differentiable at x = a.
The graph below is the function f(z)
4
3
-2
-1
-1
1
2
3
-3
Consider the function f whose graph is given above.
(A) Find the following. If a function value is undefined, enter "undefined". If a limit does not exist, enter
"DNE". If a limit can be represented by -∞o or ∞o, then do so.
lim f(z)
+3
lim f(z)
1-1
lim f(z)
f(1)
= 2
=
-4
= undefined
lim f(z) 1
2-1
lim f(z):
2-1+
lim f(x)
2+1
-00
= -2
= DNE
f(-1) = -2
lim f(z) = -2
1-4
lim f(z)
2-4°
00
f'(0)
f'(2)
=
=
(B) List the value(s) of x for which f(x) is discontinuous. Then list the value(s) of x for which f(x) is left-
continuous or right-continuous. Enter your answer as a comma-separated list, if needed (eg. -2, 3, 5). If
there are none, enter "none".
Discontinuous at z =
Left-continuous at x =
Invalid use of a comma.syntax incomplete.
Right-continuous at z =
Invalid use of a comma.syntax incomplete.
(C) List the value(s) of x for which f(x) is non-differentiable. Enter your answer as a comma-separated list,
if needed (eg. -2, 3, 5).…
A graph of the function f is given below:
Study the graph of f at the value given below. Select each of the following that applies for the value
a = -4.
f is defined at = a.
f is not defined at 2 = a.
If is continuous at x = a.
Of is discontinuous at x = a.
Of is smooth at x = a.
f is not smooth at x = a.
If has a horizontal tangent line at x = a.
f has a vertical tangent line at x = a.
Of has a oblique/slanted tangent line at x = a.
Of has no tangent line at x = a.
f(a + h) − f(a)
h
lim
is finite.
h→0
f(a + h) - f(a)
lim
is infinite.
h→0
h
f(a + h) - f(a)
lim
does not exist.
h→0
h
f'(a) is defined.
f'(a) is undefined.
If is differentiable at x = a.
If is not differentiable at x = a.
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