Vibrations and Waves · Problem 3-7

Forced vibrations and resonance — A.P. French

Physics — Waves · wire-tension-oscillation

Problem

A wire of unstretched length l0l_0 is extended by a distance 10−3l010^{-3}l_0 when a certain mass is hung from its bottom end. If this same wire is connected between two points, AA and BB, that are a distance l0l_0 apart on the same horizontal level, and the same mass is hung from the midpoint of the wire as shown, what is the depression yy of the midpoint, and what is the tension in the wire?

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