Question: A crane 100 m tall is loading a container full of feathers and delicate glass figurines weighing 5 metric tons onto a cargo ship. While

A crane 100 m tall is loading a container full of feathers and delicate glass figurines weighing 5 metric tons onto a cargo ship. While the container is in the air, there is an emergency shutdown of the crane and the case is left hanging for a short time. During this time, winds cause the arm of the crane to vibrate vertically at a frequency of 4 Hz with an amplitude of 5 cm. The supporting cable has an effective stiffness of = 100 MN/m, where is the length of exposed cable in metres (neglect changes in due to vibration)

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