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The discussion focuses on calculating the tension in a cable when a hollow steel shell, with a radius of 2.5 meters and a weight of 720,000 N, is fully submerged in water. The problem requires applying principles of buoyancy and tension in fluid mechanics. The tension in the cable can be determined by considering the weight of the shell and the buoyant force acting on it when immersed.

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I would appreciate any help I could get with this problem...

A spherical-shaped hollow steel shell, with a radius of 2.5m, containing some instruments, is lowered by a cable into a lake. The shell with its contents weighs 7.2 x 10 to the 5th N on the deck of a ship from which it is being lowered. What is the tension in the cable when the sphere is completely immersed in the water?

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