Asked by cole
Consider the 45 N weight held by two cables
shown below. The left-hand cable is horizon-
tal.
a) What is the tension in the cable slanted
at an angle of 50?
Answer in units of N.
007 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
b)What is the tension in the horizontal cable?
shown below. The left-hand cable is horizon-
tal.
a) What is the tension in the cable slanted
at an angle of 50?
Answer in units of N.
007 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
b)What is the tension in the horizontal cable?
Answers
Answered by
bobpursley
well, if the right hand is horizontal, the left hand is holding the weight in the vertical
a) 45/tensionright = sin50 if the 50 degrees is measured from the horizontal.
The tension in the left cable has to equal the horizontalcomponent of tension in the slanted cable: tensionleft*cos50
a) 45/tensionright = sin50 if the 50 degrees is measured from the horizontal.
The tension in the left cable has to equal the horizontalcomponent of tension in the slanted cable: tensionleft*cos50
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