Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Alan on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 6:05pm.

A small plane tows a glider at constant speed and altitude.

If the plane does 2.00X10^5 J of work to tow the glider 165 m and the tension in the tow rope is 2660 N, what is the angle between the tow rope and the horizontal?

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 6:05pm
work=Tension*distance*cosTheta
solve for theta
Physics - jay, Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 9:17pm
.455

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