A geometry problem by A Former Brilliant Member
The towers of a bridge, hung in the form of a parabola, have their tops 30 meters above the roadway and are 200 maters apart. If the cable is 5 meters above the roadway at the centre of the bridge, find the length of the vertical supporting cable 30 meters from the centre.
The answer is 7.25.
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