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A 80.00 kg object is hanging from two ropes. One rope (F1) is pulling due West. The second rope (F2) is pulling 80.00 degrees up of East. Calculate the force in the first rope (F1) in Newtons. How would I do this?

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Answered by drwls
Use the same approach suggested in a similar recent question:

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1268508916

The angles and weight are different, but the approach is the same. Solve two simultaneous equations of vertical and horizontal equilibrium
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