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Posted by Chels on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:34am.

Pulling the string on a bow back with a force of 28.7 lb, an archer prepares to shoot an arrow. If the archer pulls in the center of the string, and the angle between the two halves is 138*, what is the tension in the string?

Physics - Damon, Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:40am
2 T cos (138/2)= 28.7

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