The figure shows a heavy weight suspended by a cable and pulled to one side by a force F. We want to know how much force F is required to hold the weight in equilibrium at a given distance x to one side (say to place a cornerstone correctly). From elementary physics,
(a) Find F/W as a series of powers of
(b) Usually in a problem like this, what we know is not
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