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A steel cable hanging vertically can support a maximum load W . The cable is cut to exactly half of its original length, the maximum load that it can support now is

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  1. AW .
  2. BW 2 .
  3. C2 W .
  4. Dmore than W 2 but less than W .

Correct answer

A. W .

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