Precalculus
Precalculus
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Author: Michael Sullivan
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Find the height of the cables at a point 100 meters from the center.

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Answer to Problem 13AYU

Theheight of the cables at a point 100 meters from the center is 18.75ft.

Explanation of Solution

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Length of twin towers: 75 meters and 400 meters apart from road.

Calculation:

A suspension bridge with weight uniformly distributed along its length has twin towers that extend 75 meters above the road surface and are 400 meters apart.

The cables are parabolic in shape and are suspended from the tops of the towers. The cables touch the road surface at the center of the bridge.

Since there is no vertical shift and horizontal shift right 200 part of the equation in vertex form will be as, y=z(x200)2 , where z is the unknown amount of vertical compression.

Now to find the value of z use an x value where its corresponding y value and plug it into the equation, such as the x value 0 with the corresponding y value of 75.75=z(0200)2 . Then solve for z .

Now, z=31600(x200)2 .

Then simply substitute 100 or 300 for x and it should equate to 18.75ft.

Conclusion:

Hence, the height is 18.75ft.

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