Real-World Applicationshard
0:00.0

A catenary cable hangs between (0,a)(0, a) and (L,a)(L, a). Its shape is y=acosh(xL/2a)y = a \cosh(\frac{x-L/2}{a}). What is the tension TT at the lowest point x=L/2x=L/2 if the weight per unit length is ww?