A cable subjected to its own weight and free of any other loads will t

1.	A cable subjected to its own weight and free of any other loads will take the form of
A.	Parabolic curve
B.	Elliptic curve
C.	Catenary curve
D.	Bernoulli's Lemniscate
Answer» D. Bernoulli's Lemniscate

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