A 180-lb wrecking ball B is attached to a 40-ft-long steel cable AB and swings in the

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A 180-lb wrecking ball B is attached to a 40-ft-long steel cable AB and swings in the vertical arc shown. Determine the tension in the cable (a) At the top C of the swing, where θ = 30?, (b) At the bottom D of the swing, where the speed of B is 18.6 ft/s.

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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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