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5) Two cables support a mass of 100kg. One cable is perfectly horizontal, while the other makes an angle of 40 degrees above the horizontal. Find the tension in the horizontal cable.
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5) Two cables support a mass of 100kg. One cable is perfectly horizontal, while the other

makes an angle of 40 degrees above the horizontal. Find the tension in the horizontal
cable.

User Ghasem Sadeghi
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T sin θ = M g = W cable supporting weight

T = 100 * 9.8 / sin 40 = 1525 N

T cos θ = Th horizontal force due to cable

Th = 1525 cos 40 = 1168 N

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