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I've been working on this problem for 3 hours now because I failed to realize my simple mistake. Thank you a lot.

Homework Statement A 1.25m diameter wrecking ball hangs motionless from a 1.75 cm diameter cable. The wrecking ball is solid and is constructed of steel (density = 7800 kg/m3). If the cable is 16 m long, how much does the cable stretch? For the cable use E = 175 GPa.Homework Equations δ=(FL/AE)...