Multiple Choice
A 5-m-long steel cable is horizontally attached (just tautly) between two large trees. A 40-kg child hangs from the middle, and in doing so lowers the cable 6 cm from its original position. The tension in the cable is
A) 400 N.
B) 4400 N.
C) 8200 N.
D) 800 N.
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