A telephone line hangs between two poles 14 m apart in the shape of the catenary y = 24 cosh(x/24) ? 19, where x and y are measured in meters. (a) Find the slope of this curve where it meets the right pole. (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (b) Find the angle ? between the line and the pole. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) ? =
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