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havechanged
Oct13-03, 09:36 PM
This is the question:
When the strongman suspends the 10 lbs telephone book with the rope held vertically, the tension in each strand of the rope is 5 lbs. If the strongman could suspend the book from the strands pulled horizontally, the tension in each strand would be how much?

A picture of it is at this website: http://www.physics.uwo.ca/ugrad/p021/lectures/p021_lec12.pdf with a picture of a guy holding a textbook.

Any answers? And reasons for the answers?

Thanks!
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