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The deflection y of a beam at a horizontal distance x from one end is given by the equation below, where L is the length of the beam and k is a constant. For what values of x is the deflection zero?
y = k(x^4 – 8Lx^3 + 7L^3x)
For what values of x is the deflection zero?

Answer 1

\[\Large 0 = \cancel k\left( x^4 – 8Lx^3 + 7L^3x \right) \]
\[\Large \implies x\left( x^3 – 8Lx^2 + 7L^3 \right)=0\]

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