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A plant with a mass of 10 kg is suspended from a ceiling by two lengths of rope that makes angles for 20° and 50° with the ceiling. Use the component law to determine the tension in each of the lengths of ropes. (Assume that 1 kg exerts a force of 9.8 N.)

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