How To Solve Amazon's Hanging Cable Interview Question

A cable of 80 meters (m) is hanging from the top of two poles that are both 50 m from the ground. What is the distance between the two poles, to one decimal place, if the center of the cable is (a) 20 m above ground? (b) 10 m above ground? Chatterjee, Neil, and Bogdan G. Nita. "The hanging cable problem for practical applications." Atlantic Electronic Journal of Mathematics 4.1 (2010). http://euclid.trentu.ca/aejm/V4N1/Cha... Careercup Amazon question https://web.archive.org/web/201111290... Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYour... Send me suggestions by email (address in video). I consider all ideas though can't always reply! Why are there comments before the video is published? Get early access and support the channel on Patreon   / mindyourdecisions   If you buy from the links below I may receive a commission for sales. This has no effect on the price for you. Show your support! Get a mug, a t-shirt, and more at Teespring, the official site for Mind Your Decisions merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/mind-you... My Books Mind Your Decisions: Five Book Compilation https://amzn.to/2pbJ4wR A collection of 5 books: "The Joy of Game Theory" rated 4.1/5 stars on 44 reviews http://amzn.to/1uQvA20 "The Irrationality Illusion: How To Make Smart Decisions And Overcome Bias" rated 3.5/5 stars on 4 reviews http://amzn.to/1o3FaAg "40 Paradoxes in Logic, Probability, and Game Theory" rated 4.4/5 stars on 13 reviews http://amzn.to/1LOCI4U "The Best Mental Math Tricks" rated 4.7/5 stars on 8 reviews http://amzn.to/18maAdo "Multiply Numbers By Drawing Lines" rated 4.3/5 stars on 6 reviews http://amzn.to/XRm7M4 Mind Your Puzzles: Collection Of Volumes 1 To 3 https://amzn.to/2mMdrJr A collection of 3 books: "Math Puzzles Volume 1" rated 4.4/5 stars on 13 reviews http://amzn.to/1GhUUSH "Math Puzzles Volume 2" rated 4.5/5 stars on 6 reviews http://amzn.to/1NKbyCs "Math Puzzles Volume 3" rated 4.1/5 stars on 7 reviews http://amzn.to/1NKbGlp Connect with me My Blog: https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/ Twitter:   / preshtalwalkar   Newsletter (sent only for big news, like a new book release): http://eepurl.com/KvS0r 2017 Shorty Awards Nominee. Mind Your Decisions was nominated in the STEM category (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) along with eventual winner Bill Nye; finalists Adam Savage, Dr. Sandra Lee, Simone Giertz, Tim Peake, Unbox Therapy; and other nominees Elon Musk, Gizmoslip, Hope Jahren, Life Noggin, and Nerdwriter.