Leg traction is applied to a patient's leg. If the physician requested a 32N force to be applied to the leg, and the angle is 60 degrees, what mass m must be used for the object hanging from the massless cable?

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60 degrees mearsure how?
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I guess the drawings didn't turn out the way i wanted them...
The angle is between the net force of pulling the leg horizontally and the tension of the string.