Consider a lever rod of length 7.96 m, weight 71 N and uniform density. The lever rod is pivoted on one end and is supported by a cable attached at a point 1.74 m from the
other end:

The lever rod is in equilibrium at angle of 54◦ from the vertical wall. The cable makes angle of 61◦ with the rod.
What is the tension of the supporting ca- ble?
Answer in units of N.
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