An elastic cable is to be designed for bungee jumping from a tower 130 ft high. The specifications call for the cable to be 85 ft long when unstretched, and to stretch to a total length of 100 ft when a 725−lb weight is attached to it and dropped from the tower. Determine the required spring constant k of the cable. (You must provide an answer before moving to the next part.) The required spring constant k of the cable is lb/ft.

An elastic cable is to be designed for bungee jumping from a tower 130 ft high. The specifications call for the cable to be 85 ft long when unstretched, and to stretch to a total length of 100 ft when a 725−lb weight is attached to it and dropped from the tower. Determine the required spring constant k of the cable. (You must provide an answer before moving to the next part.) The required spring constant k of the cable is lb/ft.

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An elastic cable is to be designed for bungee jumping from a tower 130 f t high. The specifications call for the cable to be 85 f t long when unstretched, and to stretch to a total length of 100 f t when a 725 l b weight is attached to it and dropped from the tower.
Determine the required spring constant k of the cable. (You must provide an answer before moving to the next part.)
The required spring constant k of the cable is l b / f t .

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