An 80-lb weight falls through 5 ft and is then caught at


An 80-lb weight falls through 5 ft and is then caught at the end of a wire rope 90 ft long having a cross-sectional area of 0.5 in.2. Find the maximum dynamic stress in the rope, assuming E = 15 × 106 psi.

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