A walkway suspended across a hotel lobby is supported at numerouspoints along it

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A walkway suspended across a hotel lobby is supported at numerouspoints along its edges by a vertical cable above each point and avertical column underneath. The steel cable is 1.27 cm in diameterand is 5.85 m long before loading. Thealuminum column is a hollow cylinder with an inside diameter of16.14 cm, an outside diameter of 16.24 cm, and unloaded length of3.25 m. When the walkway exerts a load force of 8600 N on one of the support points, how much doesthe point move down?

why is the length of 3.25 and 5.85 are being timed by 4 when usedin an equation

Explanation / Answer

Maybe because there is a diagram and the load is being balanced byfour such cables or something ?? If you have a diagram, post itup.

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