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What is the tension in Cable 2?
A sculpture is suspended in equilibrium by two cables, one from a wall and the other from the ceiling of a museum gallery. Cable 1 applies a horizontal force to the right of the sculpture and has a tension. Cable 2 applies a force upward and to the left at an angle of 37 degrees to the negative x-axis and has a tension. The gravitational force on the sculpture is 500 N.
totally wrong. . .
C1 = force of cable 1
C2 = force of cable 2
W = weight of statue
Net forces in x dir:
C1 - C2x = 0
C1 - C2cos37 = 0
C1 = C2cos37
Net forces in y dir:
C2y - W = 0
C2sin37 = W
C2 = W/sin37
then plugged into first equation:
C1 = W/sin37 * cos37
C1 = W/tan37
both C1 and C2 should be greater than 500N
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