ENGINEERING APPLICATION A winch cable has a crosssectional

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ENGINEERING APPLICATION A winch cable has a crosssectional area of and a length of 2.5 m. Youngs modulus for the cable is A950-kg engine block is hung from the end of the cable. (a) By what length does the cable stretch? (b) If we treat the cable as a simple spring, what is the oscillation frequency of the engine block at the end of the cable?

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QUESTION:

ENGINEERING APPLICATION A winch cable has a crosssectional area of and a length of 2.5 m. Youngs modulus for the cable is A950-kg engine block is hung from the end of the cable. (a) By what length does the cable stretch? (b) If we treat the cable as a simple spring, what is the oscillation frequency of the engine block at the end of the cable?

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We are given the following values

The mass of the engine block  

Young's modulus for the cable

The cross sectional area  

The length of the cable

Here, we need to find out the stretched length of the cable.

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