Catenary vs Parabola

This has come up enough in classes that I wanted to make a sketch to investigate it. How closely related are catenaries and parabolas? Are they distinct enough that you could detect it in architecture?

 

John Golden

 
Materiaaltype
Werkblad
Tags
algebra  bridge  catenary  exploration  functions  graph  parabola 
Doelgroep (leeftijd)
15 – 18
Taal
English (United States)
 
 
GeoGebra versie
4.0
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