Question: A cable hangs between two poles of equal height and 30 30 feet apart. Set up a coordinate system where the poles are placed at

 A cable hangs between two poles of equal height and 3030 feet apart. Set up a coordinate system where the poles are placed at x=−15 and x=15, where x is measured in feet. The height (in feet) of the cable at position is


h(x)=15cosh(x/15),

where cosh(x)=(e^x+e^−x)/2 is the hyperbolic cosine, which is an important function in physics and engineering.

The cable is __ feet long.

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