Two hikers are standing 10 m apart and are holding the ends of a 12-m length of

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Two hikers are standing 10 m apart and are holding the ends of a 12-m length of rope as shown. Knowing that the mass per unit length of the rope is 0.07 kg/m, determine

(a) The sag h,

(b) The magnitude of the force exerted on the hand of a hiker.



-10 m-

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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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