(Solved): 3.2 The Transit Authority in our city uses electric buses that get their power from an overhead lin ...

3.2 The Transit Authority in our city uses electric buses that get their power from an overhead line. The Transit Authority is performing its annual inspection of the lines and has concerns about one of the support cables. They have contracted our firm to verify the adequacy of the cable. The cable appears to be more than adequate to support the dead load of the power line, but there is concern about what will happen if the power line becomes coated with ice. A team member has calculated the factored combination of dead load plus ice. a. Guess which side will have the larger cable force. b. Find the peak cable force by calculating the cable force in each segment. c. Comment on why your guess in part (a) was or was not the same as what you discovered in part (b).