In Figure a uniform beam of weight 500 N and length 3.0 m is suspended horizontally. On the left it is hinged to a wall on the right it is supported by a cable bolted to the wall at distance D above the beam. The least tension that will snap the cable is 1200 N.

(a) What value of D corresponds to that tension?

(b) To prevent the cable from snapping, should D be increased or decreased from that value?

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Cable Beam