Why is it that when we fix the two ends of a rope and let gravity act, the rope forms a curve that looks like a parabola?

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Why is it that when we fix the two ends of a rope and let gravity act, the rope forms a curve that looks like a parabola?

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This is not an answer but what you’re talking about is called a catenary. The curve is a hyperbolic cosine not a parabolic.

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