by Anurag Argarwal (Rochester Institute of Technology) and James Marengo (Rochester Institute of Technology)
This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
March, 2010
Subject classification(s):
Geometry and Topology | Analytic GeometryApplicable Course(s):
2.1 College Algebra | 3.2 Mainstream Calculus IIThe authors show that the locus of the focus of a parabola rolling on the \(x\)-axis is a catenary.
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