Hanging cable. In a vertical xy-plane, the governing ODE of curve y(x) of a cable hanging between two fixed points (-1, 0) and (1, 0), is y" = (1 + y′ ^2)^(1/2) . Find and graph y(x).Please don't use sinh and cosh.Thanks.

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Hanging cable. In a vertical xy-plane, the governing ODE of curve y(x) of a cable hanging between two fixed points (-1, 0) and (1, 0), is y" = (1 + y′ ^2)^(1/2) . Find and graph y(x).Please don't use sinh and cosh.Thanks.

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