Question: A telephone line hangs between two poles 14 m apart in the shape of the catenary y = 20 cosh(x/20) - 15, where x and

A telephone line hangs between two poles 14 m apart in the shape of the catenary y = 20 cosh(x/20) - 15, where x and y are measured in meters.
(a) Find the slope of this curve where it meets the right pole.
(b) Find the angle between the line and the pole.

y4 -7

y4 -7

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