Railroad Track Problem
Given a straight segment of track of length l, add a small segment
so that the track bows into a circular arc. Find the maximum displacement d of the bowed track.For l>>d we take l = 1 mile =5280 feet and
= 1 foot,
The answer is 44.498.
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