An aerial tramway cable of length 500 ft and weighing 2.8 lb/ft is suspended between two points

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An aerial tramway cable of length 500 ft and weighing 2.8 lb/ft is suspended between two points at the same elevation. Knowing that the sag is 125 ft, find

(a) The horizontal distance between the supports,

(b) The maximum tension in the cable.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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