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Please look a picture.
I think the book made a mistake.
The answer should be 89.9N/m.
Why? Because they calculated the linear density μ wrongly. They should have done $$\frac{75*10^{-3}kg}{1.8m}$$
 

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alingy1 said:
Please look a picture.
I think the book made a mistake.
The answer should be 89.9N/m.
Why? Because they calculated the linear density μ wrongly. They should have done $$\frac{75*10^{-3}kg}{1.8m}$$
I'm pretty sure that you are correct !