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Shyanne (60 kg) has to walk across a single rope bridge to cross a river. When she's at the exact middle point, the rope bridge is deflected at an angle of 15 degrees from the horizontal. What is the tension in the bridge?

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consider on half of the rope, it is holding half the weight.

sin15=30g/tension

Tension=30*9.8/sin15

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