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Given information
The distance 
that the rope must droop at halfway across to be within its approved safety range.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Maximum tension force for the tope, 
Safety factor 
Mass of Bob, 
Distance to be travelled, 
Newton's second law of motion states:
Where, 
is the mass and 
is the acceleration.
Halfway distance 
The free body diagram is shown below:
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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