A cable hanging under its own weight has slope … that satisfies…
A cable hanging under its own weight has slope that satisfies . The constant is the ratio of cable density to tension.
(a) Show that satisfies the equation.
(b) Integrate to find the cable height , if .
(c) Sketch the cable hanging between and and find how far it sags down at .
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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §6.7 Hyperbolic Functions, #55
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