Posted by kacey on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:33am.
break up tensions into horizontal components. Draw the diagram.
vertical forces.
Let the angled cabel be on the left. So tension would be Tl for the left cable.
vertical forces:
Tl*sin37+Tright*sin0=625
Tl=625/sin37
horizonal forces:
Tl*cos37=Tr
solve for tension in the right cable, Tr
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