Electrical wires suspende between two towers form a caternary modeled by the equation \ \
,
.
Where and
are measured in meters.
The curve is .
Find the length of the suspended cable.
\Definition of the arc length:
\If the curve ,
, then the length of the curve is defined as,
.
Find .
Consider .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
.
Length of the suspended cable is arc length of the graph in the indicated interval.
\Substitute and
in
.
Arc length of the graph in the indicated interval is units.
Length of the suspended cable is .
Length of the suspended cable is .