The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is closely approximated by the inverted catenary y = 693.8597

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The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is closely approximated by the inverted catenary y = 693.8597 - 68.7672 cosh 0.0100333x, -299.2239 ≤ x ≤ 299.2239.


Use the integration capabilities of a graphing utility to approximate the length of this curve (see figure).


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Calculus Of A Single Variable

ISBN: 9781337275361

11th Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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