Question

A bale of weight 24 kN hangs from a steel cable, (a) Determine the tension T in the cable if the bale is held to one side with a horizontal force of 1.2 kN. (b) If the cable is 13 m long, what horizontal force is required to hold the bale a horizontal distance of 5 m from the vertical line through the point of support?1kN=1000 N