Question:

Between two telephone poles that are 40 feet apart, there is

Last updated: 7/19/2022

Between two telephone poles that are 40 feet apart, there is

Between two telephone poles that are 40 feet apart, there is a wire suspended in the shape of a catenary y = 25 cosh (x/25) - 5, where and y are measured in feet and -20 ≤ x ≤ 20. What is the slope of the curve where the wire meets the right pole? Note: Round to the nearest thousanth.