Q4) The Great Valerio is performing his high wire act. He stands on a (massless wire) exactly in the middle of two posts a distance d = 50.1 m apart. The wire buckles under his weight and he ends up h= 1.25 m below the vertical location where the wire is attached to the posts. Valerio has a mass of my=73.5 kg. What is the tension of the wire ? m h d/2 d/2

Q4) The Great Valerio is performing his high wire act. He stands on a (massless wire) exactly in the middle of two posts a distance d = 50.1 m apart. The wire buckles under his weight and he ends up h= 1.25 m below the vertical location where the wire is attached to the posts. Valerio has a mass of my=73.5 kg. What is the tension of the wire ? m h d/2 d/2

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Chapter5: The Laws Of Motion

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