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A barn is 100 ft long and 40 feet wide. A cross section of the roof is the inverted catenary

y=31-10(e^x/20+e^-x/20). Find the number of square feet of roofing of the barn.

 

I assume roofing of the barn is length of catenary  * wide of the barn:

 

f(x)=y=3110(ex20+ex20)|(ex20+ex20)=2cosh(x20)=3110[2cosh(x20)]f(x)=3120cosh(x20)f(x)=20sinh(x20)120f(x)=sinh(x20)[f(x)]2=sinh2(x20)

 

The graph of the function f(x):

 

The length L of the catenary is:

L=50501+[f(x)]2 dx=50501+sinh2(x20) dx|1+sinh2(x20)=cosh2(x20)=5050cosh2(x20) dx=5050cosh(x20) dx=[ 20sinh(x20) ]5050=20[ sinh(x20) ]5050=20[ sinh(5020)sinh(5020) ]=20[ sinh(2.5)sinh(2.5) ]=20[ sinh(2.5)+sinh(2.5) ]=202sinh(2.5)=40sinh(2.5)=406.0502044810397875=242.0081792415915 feet

 

The number of square feet of roofing of the barn is:

242.0081792415915 feet×40feet=9680.32716964 square feet

 

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03.03.2017