Question

A bag of cement of weight 370 N hangs from three wires

Two of the wires make angles è1 = 58.6° and è2 = 23.8° with the horizontal. If the system is in equilibrium, calculate the tension T1.

Answers

bobpursley
You know the sum of forces is zero, in the vertical and horizontal.

In the horizontal
0=T1cos58.6 + T2cos23.8
In the vertical
370=T1sin58.6 + ....

From this, you get two equations, two unknowns.

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